Source sorting
History is the study of the past using what?
evidence
Provenance tells us who made a source, when and...?
why
Which is earlier, 800 BCE or 50 BCE?
800 bce
Which city had the Great Fire in 1666?
london
A student wrote - A secondary source is made at the time of the event.
a secondary source is made later, after the event
A diary written in London in September 1666. Primary or secondary source?
primary source
Who wrote the famous diary about the Great Fire of London?
samuel pepys
What is chronology?
putting events in time order
What year was the Great Fire of London?
1666
A student wrote - 1666 is in the 16th century.
1666 is in the 17th century
A history textbook from 2026 about the Great Fire. Primary or secondary?
secondary source
What does evaluate a source mean?
judge how useful it is
Put in order - Great Fire, Battle of Hastings, Magna Carta.
battle of hastings 1066, magna carta 1215, great fire 1666
Pepys saw people carrying their things away. Observation or inference?
observation
A student wrote - 200 BCE to 300 CE is 100 years because 300 - 200 = 100.
it is 500 years. you add across bce and ce, 200 + 300 = 500
Is a secondary source made before, during or after the event?
after the event
Pepys saw the fire himself. What is the word for a person who saw an event?
eyewitness
How many years from 1066 to 1215?
149 years (1215 - 1066)
People were leaving their homes in fear. Observation or inference?
inference
A student wrote - People carried their things away. This is an inference.
this is an observation because pepys saw it
A historian asks a question, looks at evidence and then makes an...?
interpretation (or conclusion)
Give one problem with the Pepys diary as evidence.
it is only one person's view
One event is in 200 BCE and one is in 300 CE. About how many years apart?
about 500 years (200 + 300)
Name one other source about the fire, not Pepys's diary.
another diary or letter, the london gazette or a map or picture of the damage
A student wrote - Source A is useful because it is primary so it is true.
primary does not mean true. say who made it, when and why