Understanding Historical Resources - Videos & Lessons

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Check out these lessons to review methods for interpreting and drawing inferences from historical sources. We'll also help you revisit strategies for working with graphical representations of historical data through these entertaining videos and self-checking quizzes.

Understanding Historical Resources - Chapter Summary

Let us help you re-examine factors for consideration when interpreting primary and secondary historical research sources with these fun video lessons. Our instructors provide examples of the event sequences that help us understand historical relationships and explain methods for resolving differing interpretations of historical evidence. They also discuss techniques for distinguishing fact from opinion, drawing inferences, and interpreting maps, graphs, political cartoons, and other visual representations of historical data. Chapter topics include:

Cause-and-effect relationships
Historical interpretations
Fact vs. opinion
Methods for inferring meaning
Graphs of historical information

This flexible learning option allows you to watch video lessons on topics you're interested in reviewing and skip lessons on the areas you've already mastered. To help determine which subjects you should focus on, take the multiple-choice lesson quizzes or complete the chapter test. All of these resources can be accessed as many times as you'd like.

5 Lessons in Chapter 2: Understanding Historical Resources

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1. Understanding History Through Cause-and-Effect Relationships

Did you know that the seeds of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty were planted in 1492? Or an accidental suntan launched a multi-billion dollar industry? Cause and effect relationships are at the core of understanding history.

2. Historical Methodology: Evidence and Interpretation

In this lesson. we will learn about historical methodology. We will learn how history is constructed based on evidence and how various interpretations are formulated.

3. Differences Between Fact & Opinion in Historical Narratives

In this lesson, we will examine the difference between fact and opinion in historical narratives. We will identify examples of each, and we will see how both have a place in historical narratives.

4. What is Inference? - How to Infer Intended Meaning

In this lesson, we will define the terms inference and intended meaning. We will then discuss what steps to take when making inferences in literature.

5. How to Interpret Historical Information in Graphic Formats

Graphic formats such as charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, and even political cartoons are useful means of presenting historical data. This lesson explains the use of these measures and provides tips for interpreting the information presented in them.

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