What is a source?
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What is a source?A piece of evidence that is related to the period being studied
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Archaeologist vs. anthropologist
Can anyone remember what an archaeologist does?
Someone who studies the past by looking for and classifying material remains such as ruins, artefacts and bones
Anthropologist – studies human societies and their behaviours
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Sometimes evidence can be biased
If you wanted to make out that a group of people from the past were mean and involved in many wars, what kind of evidence would you search for?
Very nice, civilised and intelligent?
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In Class Task / Homework
Why study history? – pg. 4-5
Define the following terms: civilisation, fossil, bias
Page 24 provides a glossary
Answer questions 1-2
Write a paragraph explaining why it is valuable as a citizen of the world to study history
Answer questions 4 and 5 (a) & (b)
Make sure you write the question and answer