Critical Thinking - Historical Sources

What is a material source?

• A material source is something from nature like fruit or vegetation

• A material source is an item that has survived from the past, such as tools, buildings, fabric or clothing

• A material source is an item that has been sewn together

What are the different types of sources? (check all that apply)

• Hot and cold sources

• Material, Written or Spoken’ and ‘Art and Picture’ sources

• Primary and secondary sources

• Recent and ancient sources

What are ‘artefacts’?

• Facts about life in the past

• Interesting objects

• Objects from the past made by human beings

• Artistic objects

What is a spoken source?

• Any source that is not written down – such as an interview with someone

• A source that is written on paper

• Something that is not reliable – like gossip

What is a primary source?

• Immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it

• Critiques of literature, art works or music

• Scholarly or other articles about a topic, especially by people not directly involved

What is a census?

• A survey by the government that asks about where people are living and their jobs

• An old object from the past

• A hundred people