4. Explain the following concepts.
O (1) Material sources
(2) Written sources
(3) Oral sources
Answers
Explanation:
Newspapers, encyclopedias, diaries, reference Books, correspondence, documents in the Archives, government Gadgets, postage Stamps are examples of the written source. We can find new ideas about things, know about different research, etc. with the aid of these sources.
The geographical origin of naturally occurring vegetable, animal or geological materials which either have been used to form an object or form specimens or deposits in their own right eg a quarry source for stone, country of origin of timber, geological outcrop for imported stone or fossil.
They are used by historians to reconstruct ancient, medieval and modern history. Some examples of written sources that give us information about history are Government are newspapers, Gazettes, diaries, reference books and official correspondences.