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Year 8 Historical Skills Revision
Year 8 Historical Skills Revision
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Secondary Sources are ALWAYS more useful than primary sources
True
False
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Context means background information that helps us understand an event
True
False
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Historical perspectives are just about supporting whoever was in power at the time?
True
False
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Which of these is NOT the purpose of a timeline?
To show relationships between events and dates
To consider cause and effect?
To identify changes over time?
To describe key figures in history
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Chronology is listing events in the order they happened?
True
False
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Which of the following are important skills in source analysis? (more than one answer!)
colouring in the picture
Asking for a cup of tea
Asking where and when it was written
Asking who created it and who they created it for.
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What is a Primary Source?
A textbook entry about a time period
A source created at the time of an event/time period
A Website about an event
A biography about a historical figure
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Which of these events is not (usually!) included in a historical timeline.
The date of a new invention
The date war was declared
What a king ate for breakfast
The date a ruler died
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Scale isn't important in a timeline.
False
True
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Which of these is an example of a historical question?
How did the events of 9/11 influence politics of the early 21st Century?
Who invented the toilet brush?
What was Henry VIII's favourite colour?
What does democracy mean?
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Why is studying History important?
It helps us understand our heritage?
It helps us learn from the past to avoid making the same mistakes
It helps us build skills in critical thinking and research
It helps open our minds to the experience of others
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Chronology is how we know if a source is useful or not?
False
True
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What is a Secondary Source?
A source created after the event/time period it describes
a visual representation of events over time.
A song about falling in love
A photograph of an event
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Source Analysis is how we decide the usefulness of a historical source?
False
True
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Understanding historical perspectives matters because...
We should understand how different people view events at different times.
It's nice to make a pretty timeline.
it's good to cry
We need to understand key dates
