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• Historical Perspective
There are many historical Perspectives (views and opinions) to consider when looking at history, such as, age, class and social status, literacy, race, sex and gender, birth place, whether their geography is rural or urban, media, housing and household makeup, movement (ie. travel or not), degree of independence, type of work performed, the daily life and activities, religion and spirituality

• Social History
Social history is the Study of ordinary people in their everyday lives.

• Primary and secondary documents
There are many types of historical perspectives to consider when looking at primary documents which are first-hand sources, and Secondary Sources which are Second hand sources.
Primary sources: sources that are witnessed or lived through during that specific time. (ie. newspaper, letters, diary, autobiography, memoirs, art, mesic, architecture, materials people used, photographs, government and legal documents, and oral histories.)
Secondary Sources: Sources that pertain to Second hand (outside looking in)
(ie. biography, magazines, movies, textbooks, and novels)

• Gender
Gender is different from sex: biological! Gender refers to roles which are cultural, and vary across cultures. Gender has specific understanding and practices.

• Race
Race is socially and culturally constructed, and may be considered fluid

• Class and economic status
Class refers to economic status, resources available to the population, it also refers to the privileges each class has, or the lack thereof.

• Before the Common Era (BCE) and
Before the Common Era (BCE) refers to the common world calander which was established in the year 775. BCE was previously known as BC (Before Christ)

• Common Era (CE)
Common Era (CE) refers to the common world calendar which was previously known as AD which many believed to be known as After Death, however, it really means Anno Domini

• Bering Land Bridge
The Bering Land Bridge causes

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