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Historian Tool/Task
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History
Undergraduate 2
06/26/2011

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Term
3 Tools for history
Definition
1. Linear Chronology
2. Documentary Evidence
3. Concept of Causality
Term
Linear Chronology
Definition
-time moves only in one direction (past -> present)

-list events in order of occurrence
Term
Documentary Evidence (written)
Definition
Primary Sources - prepared in time period

Secondary Sources - analysis/narrative produced based on primary sources
Term
Concept of Causality
Definition
-every event is the result of contributing events.

-job of historian is to designate
Term
Task of Historian
Definition
Using the tools, historians examine and attempt to interpret the process of continuity and change over time
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