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4.1 Historical information
Social Studies · Grade 7 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Sources of historical information in society
- Primary sources of historical information
- Secondary sources of historical information
- How sources of historical information have been preserved
- Significance of historical sources as evidence of past human accounts
What you will be able to do
- identify various sources of historical information in the society
- distinguish between primary and secondary sources of historical information
- explore how various sources of historical information have been preserved over the years
- appreciate the significance of various sources of historical information in providing evidence of past human accounts
Key questions
“How significant are sources of historical information in understanding past human accounts?”
Lessons
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Sources of historical information
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizName the kinds of source that carry traces of the past in Kenyan society: oral, artefact, written, ruin, picture and archive.
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Primary and secondary sources
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSort sources into primary (from the time or the people who were there) and secondary (later interpretation).
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Preserving historical sources
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHow museums, archives, site protection, oral recording and digital copies keep sources alive, and what destroys them.
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Why historical sources matter
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDebate the significance of sources as evidence of past human accounts: identity, truth-checking, justice, planning, heritage and living together.