Question

Flow chart showing different historical sources used by historians

Answer 1

Something that tells us about History is a historical source. It can be a document, a picture, a sound recording, a book, a cinema film, a television programme or an object.

Historical sources used by historians are :

A. Primary Sources - consist of things that originate from the past.

Example : A Roman coin made by the Romans

                 A book written about the Tudors in 1525

B. Secondary Sources - consist of things that have been made recently about the past.

Example : A drawing of a Roman coin made in 2003

                 A book written about the Tudors in 1995