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What does a paleontologist do?
Investigates plants and animal remains/fossils
What does a anthropologist do?
Studies human development
What do cryptographers do?
Study, create and decipher codes and writing systems
What do scientific experts do?
Use the sciences and scientific methods to provide evidence about such things
Can a newspaper be both secondary and primary sources?
Yes
What is a primary source?
Firsthand or direct from the source
What is a secondary source?
Secondhand or analysis of a primary source
What is a type of oral evidence?
Speeches
Name some visual types of evidence
Photos, paintings, drawings, maps, videos, posters, charts or graphs
Name some types of written sources
Legal documents, letters, diary written accounts, newspapers, magazines, charts or graphs
What are some physical features
Buildings, vehicles, forensic, objects/artifacts, coins, jewelry, drawings, material, writings, pottery, machinery, technology and paintings
What does O MAC PRU stand for?
O rigin M otive A udience C ontent P erspective R eliability U sefulness
What does origin mean?
- ) who made the source?
2. ) when and where was it made?
What does motive mean?
- ) what is the source?
2. ) what was its purpose?
What does audience mean?
1.) who was the intended audience?
What does content mean?
- ) what is the source?
2. ) what evidence (information) does it give?
What does perspective mean?
- ) what was the context of the composer?
- ) is it one sided?
- ) what does it tell historians about the life, benefits, attitudes etc. of the time?
What does reliability mean?
- ) does it show bias?
- ) is it subjective or objective?
- ) is it complete or incomplete?
What does usefulness mean?
1.) how can historians use it to learn about the past?
What does a linguist do?
Studies the nature and structure of language
