Core Historical Terms
A firsthand account or original document created during a historical event.
What is a Primary Source?
An interpretation or analysis of historical events, often based on primary sources.
What is a secondary source?
A personal preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
What is bias?
A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
What is perspective?
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
What is context?