Summative exam (RPH)

Primary source

is an ORIGINAL item such as an image, document, map, artifact, or recording that provides evidence about the past.

Secondary sources

means through which a primary source is presented.

Primary Sources

Created by someone who saw or heard an event themselves

Secondary Sources

Created after event; sometime long time after something happened

Autobiographies

is an account of a person's life written by that person

Memoirs

is a history or record composed from personal observation and experience.

Diaries

a form of autobiographical writing, is a regularly kept record of the diarist's activities and reflections.

Personal Letter

is a type of letter that usually concerns personal matters and is sent from one individual.

Correspondence

is a body of letters or communications.

Interviews

a conversation where questions are asked and answers are given.

Survey

a list of questions aimed at extracting specific data from a particular group of people

Fieldwork

is the collection of information outside a laboratory, library and workplace setting.

Photographs and Posters

they can be considered as primary sources because they can illustrate past events as they happened and people as they were at a particular time.

Paintings

a form of visual art where paint or ink is used on a canvas

Drawings

a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium.

Literature

a body of written works.

Speeches and oral histories

a form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose.

Types of Secondary Sources

Bibliographies

Bibliographical works

Periodicals

Literature reviews and review articles

Repositories of Primary Sources

library

archive

Museum

historical society

Document Collection

library

is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

archive

is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located.

Museum

is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

historical society

in an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and implementing historical information or items.

Document Collection

is used in historical research and in other research designs in combination with other ways of data collection.

Types of criticism

external criticism

internal criticism

External Criticism

refers to genuineness of the documents a researcher uses in a historical study

Internal Criticism

refers to the accuracy of the concerns of a document