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Explain the different sources that help historians to know about the past along with example |
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Answer» Historians get their information from two different KINDS of sources: primary and secondary. Primary sources are FIRST hand sources; secondary sources are second-hand sources. For example, suppose there had been a car accident. The description of the accident which a witness gives to the police is a primary source because it comes from someone ACTUALLY there at the time. The story in the NEWSPAPER the next day is a secondary source because the reporter who wrote the story did not actually witness it. The reporter is presenting a way of understanding the accident or an interpretation.. |
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