1. Who are Historians?2. What do they do?

Examine this power point and use the information in it to answer the

two questions above.

Who is a historian?

A historian is like a detective at a crime scene. Historians are trained to investigate the past.

What historians do?

Many historians do their work in libraries and universities

What historians do?

Some historians are able to visit historic places to gain greater insights.

How do historians investigate the past?

Historians look for sources of information about the past. These sources provide evidenceabout the way people lived a long time ago. There are many different types of historians. The historian pictured here is called an archaeologist.

Other types of historians

1. A historian who studies dinosaur bones is called a …

2. A historian who studies potential evidence at a crime scene is called a …

3. A historian who studies all the ways we’ve used the English language is called a ….

4. An anthropologist is a historian who studies the evolution of

Instructions: Complete the following sentences using the key terms below:- Forensic scientist- Linguist- Paleontologist - Humankind