https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p Each group is to discuss an assigned question (10mins) and to present key points from their conversation with the class. You must type in your key points beneath each question. en-us 2020-05-03 07:55:12 UTC 2020-05-12 13:41:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f50e.png michael_ee https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389210 2020-05-03 08:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389210 michael_ee https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389394 2020-05-03 08:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389394 michael_ee https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389570 2020-05-03 08:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389570 michael_ee https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389710 2020-05-03 08:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/546389710 khushianshumanbhagwat https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547886638 -  study the events even if they are not relevant to us or even if we have personal biases
- useful to determine trends that could happen in the near future
-  we only realise the significance of these events when they changed the course of events happening over the next few years
- also important to study current events eg. Covid - 19, learning from the SARS, the way we handle current events could have been shaped from what we have learnt from the past
-  All events should be included regardless of the certain biases and viewpoints associated with it as over the years as all historians will have their own biases and ways of understanding the source and making sense of it
- The biases could help us understand how societies and communities worked in the past and help give more context and understanding to the historical evidence]]> 2020-05-04 01:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547886638 jeromechongrui https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547888733 Since the primary source is produced by only one party, so its inherent weakness is subjectivity, and subject to the person's emotions and biases. 

Factor of emotion causes someone to be biased, its hard to be completely objective since all humans are subject to emotions and feelings which may distort the truth. (emotion)

The way different people perceive different things given the context, differing beliefs and morals, and upbringing. (Perception) 

Because primary sources can rely on language to convey its message and information. Subtle nuances in translation that may distort the intepretation of the primary source.

Logical fallacy by the party creating the primary source. You are limited by the knowledge you possess.  (Ad Ignortium)]]> 2020-05-04 01:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547888733 axel_jude_chong_he_jun https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547890548 It would be very different. History is focused around particular people and different people offering differing perspectives. For instance, if history was focused around Lenin rather than Stalin, it would be offer a very biased version of events that occured which led to Lenin's exile from Russia and offer historians a biased view towards Stalin]]> 2020-05-04 01:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547890548 imranzaki https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547891439 Dividing history into periods proves to be useful to us as it enables us to observe progression and innovation from across the periods. The meaning of human development only becomes clear when historians adopt a perspective across a long period of time, hence the usefulness.
However, the naming of such periods can be misleading. An example could be the French Renaissance, which was an artistic and cultural movement across western Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. From the name itself, one may be misled as to the contents discussed. Additionally, the categorizing of such periods can lead to a generalization of ideas, leaving smaller details out. For example, if a period consisted of the artistic and cultural development, then the historians would likely have left out other aspects of people's lives. This is hence an aspect of historical significance, for it is those who wrote it, their backgrounds would have an impact on how they portray the issue. Therefore, the French marked the Renaissance as an important time period as a result for their perspective that changed France overall, though there might be actually other factors in play that might have been missed out in the historian mindset. In addition, there is also the problem of historical imagination, when people wanted to categorize events, they would think about something and project how this person would feel at that time, which hence might lead to biased understanding as one person is not representative of the whole community viewpoint on a whole; given that these historical primary sources are so rare, it will hence make it such that though the viewpoint is valid, this historical imagination approach is also flawed in certain aspects. This will hence contribute to the misleading parts of the time period as a result of present day historians trying to deduce the evidence that is presented at that point in time. This will hence lead to a possibility of a misguided timeline. However, this might also be a result of historical revisionism, which means that after reviewing further evidence, present-day historians could conclude such things had indeed occurred and is therefore more accurate to describe such a time period with this name, even though there may be aspects missing, as this was the best that can be interpreted at this point in time.]]> 2020-05-04 01:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_ee/3isdwmrmq69nts3p/wish/547891439