Transcript Types of Historical Evidence

This is a timeline.
2002: You
were born
here (most of
you)
2007: You
entered
school
here
2014: You
are here
We all live in the common
era (CE).
What happens to the year as
we move forward in time?
This is also a timeline.
2000 BCE:
Abraham
found
Judaism
44 BCE:
Julius
Caesar is
killed
1000 BCE:
David
becomes
king of
Israelites
2014 CE: You
are here
1770 CE:
Boston
Massacre
1492 CE:
Columbus
sails
Notice that we can change
the scale of the timeline, but
space between events has to
Now, match the event to its
place on the timeline.
C.
14 CE:
Augustus
Octavian
dies
E.
A.
B.
D.
•
1863 CE: Emancipation Proclamation issued
by Lincoln
•
3000 BCE: 1st system of writing is invented
•
2001 CE: Bill Clinton leaves office
•
776 BCE: 1st Olympics are held
Methods for “dating”
information
Scientific
Dating
•
Gets exact date
•
Done by doing
experiments in a
lab
•
There are many
methods to do
this
•
Radiocarbon
Cultural
Dating
•
Getting
information by
building on
what is already
known
•
•
Ex. The Roman
coin
There are two
ways to do this
•
“Relative dating”
“Absolute” vs. “Relative”
dating
Absolute
Dating
•
Exact date of an
object (can be a
time period).
•
Scientific dating
only gets these
results
•
“This object is
from ca. 1550 CE.”
Relative Dating
•
Compares two
objects to
determine the
time period.
•
“This object here is
older than that
Historians must decide how
to interpret ALL the
evidence...When? Where? Why?
TYPES OF HISTORICAL
EVIDENCE
WRITTEN
SOURCES
NON-WRITTEN
SOUCES
WRITTEN SOURCES
Primary
Secondary
1. Letters
1. Textbooks
2. Autobiographies
2. Encyclopedias
3. Diaries
3. Articles &
4. Speeches
Paintings done
5. Poems/Songs
after the event
6. Business records
occurred
7. Original
maps/calendars
4. Most websites
8. Photographs
5. Biographies
NON-WRITTEN SOURCES
Oral Tradition
1. Legends
2. Myths
3. Beliefs passed
on my word of
mouth
4. Storytelling
5. Interviews
Fossils
REMAINS or
IMPRINTS
of:
1. Plants
2. Animals
(Once alive)
Artifacts
Ruins
1. Tools
1. Tombs
2. Jewelry
2. Monuments
3. Coins
3. Whole
Cities
4. Toys
5. Manmade
weapons