A historian makes an interpretation when he or she:
Social Studies · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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A historian makes an interpretation when he or she has gathered enough sources to be able to support his/her claim, thus making an assumption that a certain occurrence has happened in the past. Historians do not hastily make a decision just by one single source, hence they tend to gather as many sources as possible in order to support their claim on the context. There are two types of sources that are used by historians, namely primary sources, and secondary sources. Primary sources are sources in which are witnessed by the people during the event, whereas secondary sources are just sources which are based from the primary sources.