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Historical Method Review. 1. Preliminary Research . Identify issue to be investigated Look at primary and secondary sources Primary source Sources recorded at time of event Secondary Sources recorded after the event. 2. Formulate a working hypothesis. An hypothesis is:
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1. Preliminary Research • Identify issue to be investigated • Look at primary and secondary sources • Primary source • Sources recorded at time of event • Secondary • Sources recorded after the event
2. Formulate a working hypothesis An hypothesis is: • A proposed explanation (guess) for some event or problem • A temporary working model of what might have happened • Based on evidence and supposition • Think of – “if this happened, then…” • Keep an open mind
3. Research for evidence • Evidence will either support or reject your hypothesis • Questions you should ask: • When was the source, written or unwritten, produced? • Wherewas it produced? • By whomwas it produced? • From what pre-existing materialwas it produced? • In what original form was it produced? • What is the evidential value of its contents?
Why you should ask these questions • To find out if your evidence is authentic NOVA | The Viking Deception | Famous Fakes | PBS Doctored Photos – all taken from Murano, Grace. (2009). Ten most famous doctored photos. Odee.com. Retrieved from http://www.oddee.com/item_96803.aspx • To find out if the source is competentandunbiased • To find out if the source is credible
Three types of bias • Unconscious • a personal letter reflecting intolerance of a religious group • Deliberate (propaganda) • A government-sponsored health promotion • War time posters • Love, Hate and Propaganda: Propaganda Posters Gallery - Documentaries | CBC • Informed bias • A research paper showing the effects of a drug study • Discovering your own bias
4. Formulate your thesis statement • Thesis statement = conclusion that has been objectively reached using the research evidence • Reconstruct the past • Write or tell about your research, findings and conclusion