Oral History Research Paper

There are many types of methods for historians to obtain more information about past. Three of them are: social history, oral history and visual history. Social history for many many years was a recollection of written documents to acknowledge only the important people such as country leaders or soldiers. Now social history is being studied more deeply. Historians are now studying men and women along with all the parts of their lives like work,culture and marriage and other important topics. Social history is better today because it caters to everyone men and women not just famous figures. It also is more enriched so students can get a better understanding of history because more topics are covered by social history and helping to learn about …show more content…
Oral history Is the persons knowledge of what happened in the past. This can be done from a story passed on through generations or from first hand knowledge. It is used as a form of history but is not the most accurate source. This is because many people do not have photographic memory and can have mistaken events because they forget key pieces of the story. Oral history helps historians because many of them want to know what being a certain type of person such as an immigrant was like during a specific time and place. Oral history is a history used by speech or words while visual history is with visuals like …show more content…
A secondary source is anything that was created after the time being researched. One example of this would be a biography. A biography is an example of this because it was written after the time being researched by someone who did not experience the events but is writing about it. A second example would be textbooks. This is because it was created after the fact. It also is recollecting about a time period it studied and not experienced therefore it would not be first hand. A third example of this would be an article that wrote about a certain topic or idea it did not experience. This would not be a primary source because it was written after the time being researched by someone who did not experience the event but is writing about it from primary sources. Secondary sources are less reliable but useful things for historians to