WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Historians use primary sources as the raw evidence to analyze and interpret the past. They publish secondary sources-often scholarly articles or books-that explain their interpretation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Primary sources are valuable to historians because they give insight into the ways in which historical figures understood or internalized what they experienced, their place or significance in history, and give historians an understanding of historical figures’ opinions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction: Primary sources are “eyewitness” accounts or “on-the-scene” records, pictures, documents, or artifacts. They may be old or new, but must have been produced by people who lived during the period of study and were part of the experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art. Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects.

Detailed explanation-5: -Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a witness to or participant in an event. They can be firsthand testimony or evidence created during the time period that you are studying.