Historigraphy

Task 2
Complete the first two columns of this table using the statements provided, then come up with two more of your own to develop your understanding.
 * || People in the Middle Ages were devoutly religious || Most Germans were not Nazis; they were merely brainwashed or terrorised into supporting Hitler ||
 * What evidence could we use to prove this point? || The churches, the diaries and journals of the literate, written laws, written records of different parishes, tombstones with crosses on them, cross necklace, religious artifacts, holy water bottles, paintings of religious scenes || The different statements, journals and newspapers, propaganda leaflets of the Nazis forcing them to join them, buildings of the Nazi government, statues of Nazism, photographs, weaponry, films, newsreel, radio archives of Hitler's speeches, speakers audio archives, William Shearer's written works ||
 * How might this evidence be regarded as untypical? || These evidences are very untypical because it doesn't mean your wearing crosses or being in records makes you devout in your religion. || These evidences are very untypical because even if propaganda leaflets or terrorizing of other Germans are true, it doesn't mean that all of them joined because they were forced to. Some joined because they wanted to show their nationalism and that they were not just forced to join but they joined because they wanted to. ||
 * How might this evidence be regarded as untrustworthy? || These evidences are untrustworthy because it is only showing how devout the rich people and the monks are but it didn't show if the illiterate people are devout as well. || These evidences are untrustworthy because it is showing only one point of view which is showing how the Nazis terrorized the Germans but you should also consider the nationalism of other Germans because of their love for their country. ||

Task 3
Complete this table. What can they tell us about past societies? ||= It will tell us about what happened in the past and how did it have an effect on the present time using writing and speaking as a medium. It tell us on how the past societies behaved. ||= Films or plays will tell us more about the different past societies behavior by using reenactment of certain events that will show of what is mentioned above. It shows how sophisticated and well-mannered people are during those different times. ||= Art or architecture tells us about different past societies' behavior especially on the field of creativity because it will show us on how creative the past societies that first came ahead of our present society. ||= Diaries or memoirs tells us how the different people that wrote these collections of experiences through writing live their daily lives in their lifetime. || How might this evidence be regarded as untypical? ||= This evidence is untypical because of the fact that it doesn't mean that every content of a poem/novel may be true. Some may be falsely put in the content to manipulate and change everything written about a certain event. ||= These kinds of evidences are untypical because not all plays and films are meant to say the truth of something that had happened. The whole story can be a true story where in some scenes are to be replaced by some more exaggerating event or the whole thing could be bogus. ||= This type of evidence are untypical because some architectural styles were based on different styling like the Greek and Roman styles. From those two styles, more architectural styles have come out. ||= This type of evidence are untypical because these collective thoughts of experiences or memories can be intentionally or unintentionally manipulated to have a different point of view for other people to see. || How might this evidence be regarded as untrustworthy? ||= This evidence can be regarded as untrustworthy because these poems and novels are mostly based on what the writer or a witness has seen and because of it, it will affect the interpretation of what happened. ||= These kinds of evidences are untrustworthy because again it's only basis is usually one person's point of view and it is ultimately biased in every aspect. It may be that the basis of the play or film is a complete fake or there is some truth to it in a certain extent. ||= These evidences are untrustworthy because it has only one basis which is the witness' point of view that can be unreliable because it maybe influenced by something or by someone else. ||= These evidences are somehow stuck between being trustworthy and untrustworthy. It is trustworthy in a sense that this is the very experience of a person. On the other hand, it may be influenced by someone to change the very essence of what the writer wrote. ||
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