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The document discusses three lessons related to history: Lesson 1 explains how understanding history provides context for past cultures and experiences, and allows current generations to build upon the work of their predecessors. Knowing history helps inform how people respond to events and understand their identity. Lesson 2 stresses the importance of distinguishing between primary and secondary sources. Primary sources provide more accurate historical details but their validity must be verified given issues like fake news. Those studying history should thoroughly examine all available materials. Lesson 3 contrasts internal and external criticism for evaluating primary sources. Internal criticism questions the credibility and authenticity of sources and their authors, while external criticism deals more with how outside people interact with and interpret the information. Internal criticism allows

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Ge 8 - Essay

The document discusses three lessons related to history: Lesson 1 explains how understanding history provides context for past cultures and experiences, and allows current generations to build upon the work of their predecessors. Knowing history helps inform how people respond to events and understand their identity. Lesson 2 stresses the importance of distinguishing between primary and secondary sources. Primary sources provide more accurate historical details but their validity must be verified given issues like fake news. Those studying history should thoroughly examine all available materials. Lesson 3 contrasts internal and external criticism for evaluating primary sources. Internal criticism questions the credibility and authenticity of sources and their authors, while external criticism deals more with how outside people interact with and interpret the information. Internal criticism allows

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LESSON 1

Understanding meaning and relevance of history gives us a detailed picture of past


contributors' culture and experiences, allowing us to build on what others have done. It required
time and effort for previous cultures to preserve historical facts in order to enable future
generations realize where they came from. Because, our forefathers varied so greatly from us,
we consider the past to be obsolete and uninteresting to us.
Meanwhile, history gives essential lessons in resource stewardship for bureaucrats,
conservationists, and their neoliberals, which is useful because it allows us to look back in our
past, which in turn allows us to appreciate our existence.
As a result, knowing your history will allow you to respond to such events in a more
humane way, as well as grasp our identity prior to any technology improvements.

LESSON 2

Throughout the second lesson, it is critical to distinguish between primary and secondary
sources in which the author's proximity from the actual event being described reveals whether the
source is relaying impression firsthand or secondhand.

The supremacy of primary sources over secondary sources has always been acknowledged,
owing to the fact that primary sources provide greater and more precise historical details than
secondary ones.

However, the legitimacy and validity of primary materials should be verified before using them.
In this era, the proliferation of fake news is so blatant that the sources of the texts should also be
evaluated for reliability.

As a result, those who engage in activities such as historiography or live coverage have the
chance to exhaust all accessible materials in order to produce broad outputs.

Lesson 3

Lesson 3 talks about the internal and external criticism


In evaluating primary source both internal and external cristicisms are
important.
Internal cristicism questions the credibility of the author and the primary
source if it is genuine or fake.
It determines the character of the author and the corroboration. While external
criticism deals with the problem of authencity. To spot fabricated, forged, fake
documents and distinguish hoaxes or misinterpretations.

Lesson 3 discussed about the difference between internal and external


criticism.
External criticism stems from the perspectives of people with whom you
interact; they do not have any of the truth.
Internal criticism is the kind you send to yourself when you have all the
information you need to give a stronger, more in-depth critique.
It can often be sharper and more precise if you are completely frank with
yourself so it has more comprehensive evidence to deal with.
Thus, external criticism may only address the consequences of behavior,
while internal criticism addresses the causes.

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