History changes when the question changes
Historical accounts are built from evidence, but the questions asked determine which evidence becomes important.
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Daily History learning cards
People, power & turning points. Explore a short explanation, an everyday example and a question you can answer from memory.
The History collection currently has 8 written cards. The daily app introduces written ideas and revisits earlier cards once the collection is complete. Source previews offer additional reading.
Order matters before explanation
Chronology establishes when events happened relative to one another.
Read the document's world, too
Historical context concerns the conditions in which a source was created.
Agreement is stronger when sources are independent
Corroboration compares evidence from more than one source.
Do not lend the past tomorrow's knowledge
An anachronism places something in the wrong historical time.
Memory is evidence with a perspective
Oral history records people's recollections and interpretations of the past.
An object's location is part of its story
Archaeological context links a find to its position and associated material.
Historical periods are useful boundaries
Periodisation divides the past into named eras for analysis.