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What is history?

What is history?. History is… an interpretation of the past… based on analysis of existing evidence… historian = a detective both a science and an art…. Raw v. Cooked History. Raw history Primary sources Contemporary evidence…

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What is history?

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  1. What is history? • History is… • an interpretation of the past… • based on analysis of existing evidence… • historian = a detective • both a science and an art…

  2. Raw v. Cooked History • Raw history • Primary sources • Contemporary evidence… • Includes artifacts, diaries, documents, records, images, art, literature, etc. • Challenges… • Locating, availability, incomplete record, legibility • E.g., Martha Ballard Diary • Sometimes conflicting evidence • E.g., the Boston Massacre

  3. Paul Revere’s Engraving of the Boston Massacre

  4. Raw v. Cooked History • Cooked History • Secondary Sources • An interpretation based on evidence… • Time allows for reflection… • E.g., a biography, memoir, work of historiography • Good historians follow professional standards • Citation of sources (primary and secondary) • Proper use of sources (present them accurately) • History influenced by: • The culture it was written in • The bias of the author • What evidence is available. • THUS INTERPRETATIONS CHANGE

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