Historiography

Historiography

• the study of how history is studied and interpreted

Document sources

academic approaches to source documents

• OPVL
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) terminology

O	Origin	primary or secondary source? authentic and reliable?
P	Purpose	why was the source created? what was the authors purpose
V	Value	how / why this source is used to understand history
L	Limit	problems with value, reliability, authenticity of source

• see:
  • [Using OPVL with Documents Guide (edublogs.misd.net)]
  • [How to evaluate a source - the OPVL method (historygeographyassignmenthelp.weebly.com)]
• HIPPO

Ancient World Historians

External Links: Ancient historiography from livius.org