discuss how historians use a variety of sources of information to answer questions about the past
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Historians use tools to help them do their job. Some of these tools are primary sources. A primary source is something written or created by a person who saw a historical event. Letters, diaries, speeches, and photographs are examples of primary sources.
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When historian study about any historical event they use the tool related to that event, historian classify these tools into two different categories such as:
- Primary source
- Secondary source
Primary source: is the first source of information which was explained by the primary source or the one who presents at the time of any historical event has happened for example weapons, tools, document, and pottery.
Secondary source: is the second source of the information of any historical event which was created by the people who are not eye-witnessed that event and interpret it according to primary source information for example magazines, books, and charts.