Quiz: What Do You Know About Historical Sources?

It has been constructed from other sources of information.

It is a type of artefact that was used by people from the past.

It was created by historians to write books.

It was produced close to or at the time of the event and by people who experienced the event.

Pictorial Records

Written Accounts

Artefacts

Oral tradition

'Headless horseman' Statue

Map of Singapore River, 1819

Portrait of Sir Stamford Raffles

Poster 'No long hair', 1960s-1970s, Singapore

Gold Armlet, mid-14th Century

Photograph of road leading to Sultan Mosque, 2009

Items that people bury in the ground.

Things made and used by people in the past.

Items that historians store in the museum.

Things that people use in their daily lives.

]]Gold Armlet, mid-14th Century

Raffles Hotel Building Plan, 1897

SIA Kebaya (Traditional Costume), 1968, Singapore

'Coinafon', Public Telephone, 1970s, Singapore

Newspaper article, 1940s

Malay coin, 1800s

Stories found in books passed from one generation to another.

Traditional items from the different ethnic groups.

Legends, myths, tales and stories told from one generation to another.

Fragments of traditional items found in museums.

Pictorial record - Poster

Artefact - Book

Written account - Diary

Written account - Letter

It provides historians with information on the past.

It helps historians to gain recognition in museums.

It allows historians to construct knowledge of the past.

It enables historians to investigate events that happened in the past.