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Tools of the Historian

Tools of the Historian. A historian is. A person who studies and writes about the people and events of the past. Historians. find out how people lived, what happened to them, and what happened around them. Historians rely on.

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Tools of the Historian

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  1. Tools of the Historian

  2. A historian is • A person who studies and writes about the people and events of the past.

  3. Historians • find out how people lived, what happened to them, and what happened around them.

  4. Historians rely on • Calendars or dating systems created by the people of the past to measure time. Most of these calendars were created based on important events.

  5. The Western Calendar • gives us the dates used in our class and in our book. The Western Calendar was created around 500 by a Christian monk. • begins on the year in which Jesus was thought to be born.

  6. In the Western Calendar • The years before the birth of Jesus are known as B.C. or “before Christ.” • The years after the birth of Jesus are called A.D. or “Anno Domini.” This phrase comes from the Latin language and means “in the year of our lord.”

  7. To date events • Before the birth of Christ or B.C., historians count backward from the year 1. • After the birth of Christ or A.D., historians count forward starting at the year 1. • THERE IS NO YEAR 0!!!

  8. Historians organize history • By dividing it into blocks of time known as periods or eras. • Into periods like decades, centuries, or time periods that are given names.

  9. Historians make sense • Of the flow of dates and events by putting these things in chronological order, or the order of dates in which events happened. • By putting these events on a timeline or a diagram that shows the order of events in a time period.

  10. Timelines • Are usually evenly spaced and labeled with events. • Can be single lines or multileveled.

  11. Historians study • A variety of sources to learn about the past including artifacts and documents. • Primary sources or first hand pieces of evidence from the people who saw an event. • Secondary sources which are created after the event by someone not involved.

  12. Historians also look for • Who, what when, where and why a document was created • Whether or not the document is credible or truthful. • Whether or not the document is biased or has an unreasonable point of view.

  13. Historians • Piece all the information together to interpret and explain events in the past.

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