Historical Source
Historical Source
Historical Source
- We all know that Historian is the person who studies, seek and writes about the past.
Historian is the one who have vision and know what to do when it comes to history.
Everything is a raw material for history, but with the help of the historian it becomes
finished product. Before we read or have an information about history, historians mold it
first and check about its factual information. History is like a never ending dialogue
about the past and the historians is the one who serve as our guide and interpret.
- Historian didn’t actually see or witness the history they desire to know. They can only
imagine or just photograph in his mind on what happened. When the historian is
studying, they begin by getting familiar on particular events, then they proceed to
understand them by reenactment.
- History is the one who teach the historians about the past, they make them understand
what is happening in the past events and what is the difference between the past and
the present. History helps the historian to become knowledgeable, so they can critic and
check the facts about history.
3. Explain how there are so little usable materials left to historians to use.
- History is based on evidence. Historian can’t just make up what happened
in the past. Some of the Materials are not reliable or have a factual
information. Since historian get their information from 2 different kinds of
source: Primary and Secondary Source. And it takes time and many test
to prove if it is an actual source and usable materials.