Sources of Information on History and Government
Introduction · Sources of Information
Syllabus tag: KCSE | History and Government | Form 1 | Topic 2 Sources of Information
Lesson objectives
By the end of this topic, you should be able to:
- Identify the three main sources of information on history and government.
- Describe the unwritten sources and their advantages and limitations.
- Describe archaeology, palaeontology and the methods of dating fossils.
- Describe written and electronic sources and their advantages and limitations.
Summary
There are three main sources: unwritten, written and electronic. Unwritten sources include oral tradition, linguistics, anthropology, genetics, archaeology and palaeontology. Every source has advantages and limitations, so historians use several together — one source alone is never enough.