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Sources of historical information

Social Studies · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Name the kinds of source that carry traces of the past in Kenyan society: oral, artefact, written, ruin, picture and archive.

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  1. Sources of historical information
  2. Primary and secondary sources
  3. Preserving historical sources
  4. Why historical sources matter