Show+You+Know+How+historians+work+Essay

Kimberly and Hannah 6-C Humanities 9-26-11 ** Show You Know Our World Essay ** By understanding the language of historians, we can start to think like historians. We can think like historians because, we know some of the key terms such as culture, custom, and value. In this essay we are going to tell you all the definition and examples. The first key term is __Culture__. Culture is the way people of a region live like their, languages and beliefs. The second key term is custom. __Customs__ are ways of living that people practice regularly over time. The third key term is __Value__. A value is a belief. For example, if someone believes in Santa that’s their belief. The fourth key term is __Sources__. A source is anything that provides information or evidence. For example, the internet is a source because you can find any information you need. __Oral history__ is when history is passed on by the person who told that part of history. Oral history is also how that part of history was kept alive. For example, if someone was a part of history a long time ago and I was part of it that is oral history, and the way it was kept alive like how people of today know this information is oral history. __ Artifacts __ are mainly objects that people have made in the past. An artifact can be part of an ancient can be part of something that was ordinary. For example, if a person in that the past made an object, and it is still here today that would be an artifact. Historians can rely on the __Primary sources__ for some information about the past. For example, a primary source is any artifact that was made at the time, like a handwritten book by a painter. Information about the past is mostly found in a __Secondary source__. A secondary source is created later than time in history. For example, a textbook is a secondary source because it was created later in history. The people who study remains of past life and cultures are called __Archaeologists__. Archaeologists dig up or excavates historical sites. They use the latest techniques and to help them in their tasks. In conclusion these are all the words and definitions we learned in the __Our Worlds book__. That helped us write the essay and learned all these new terms and definitions. That’s what we learned about Customs, Culture and how Historians work.