What Kind of Source
A letter from a soldier on the front lines describing what is happening.
Primary Source
A source that uses second-hand information about an event.
Secondary Source
Step one of investigating the past.
Framing a problem.
An opinion.
What color is Mr. Meekhof's car.
Green
An interview with the mother of a soldier describing what is was like for her son to fight in the war.
Secondary source.
A source that has first-hand information about an event.
Primary Source.
Step two of investigating the past.
Selecting and analyzing available evidence.
A statement that is testable.
A fact.
What did Mr. Meekhof wear on the first day of school?
Khaki pants and a pinkish button up.
A textbook written about the ancient world using a variety of sources mixed with a historian's commentary.
Secondary Source.
What are the two definitions of history?
History as the event and history as the account.
Step three of investigating the past.
Organizing evidence.
The doccument has no facts in it that cannot exist with other facts in the same document.
Internal Consistancy
Where did Mr. Meekhof student teach?
The Potter's house.
A book written in the 1950s about education in the 1950s.
Primary Source.
Analyze
Step four of investigating the past.
Creating an account.
The source has no facts in it that cannot exist with facts from other sources.
External Consistency
What is in the mini-fridge?
Coffee cream and lunch.
A statue of an ancient greek god.
Primary source/Artifact
The available body of facts or information that helps us find out if something is true.
Evidence
In order to be a historical question, a question must be?
Narrow and Actionable
Website where we are NOT allowed to get evidence from.
Wikipedia
What is Mr. Meekhof's favorite starburst flavor?
Pink obviously.