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    Text 1 provides biographical details about Nelson Mandela's life and accomplishments as an anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, making it a primary source of information. Text 2 contains Mandela's own words reflecting on his life and legacy, also making it a primary source. Historians reconstruct the past through methods like analyzing primary sources, conducting interviews, and using archaeological evidence. We can travel into the past by studying primary sources to learn about people and events that came before us.

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    Text 1 provides biographical details about Nelson Mandela's life and accomplishments as an anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, making it a primary source of information. Text 2 contains Mandela's own words reflecting on his life and legacy, also making it a primary source. Historians reconstruct the past through methods like analyzing primary sources, conducting interviews, and using archaeological evidence. We can travel into the past by studying primary sources to learn about people and events that came before us.

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    Text 1 provides biographical details about Nelson Mandela's life and accomplishments as an anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, making it a primary source of information. Text 2 contains Mandela's own words reflecting on his life and legacy, also making it a primary source. Historians reconstruct the past through methods like analyzing primary sources, conducting interviews, and using archaeological evidence. We can travel into the past by studying primary sources to learn about people and events that came before us.

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    SSt. quiz “Traveling through the Past”


    Name:____________________
    Date:_____________________

    Text 1 :Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,son of a Xhosa-speaking Thembu chief,was born in 1918 in a place called
    Umtata,South Africa,in what is now called the Eastern Cape province.Mandela is an activist who fought for
    freedom and against racism.He is the winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.He was the first black president of
    South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

    Text 2:When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,he can rest in
    peace. I believe I have made that effort, and that is, therefore,why I will sleep for the eternity.

    1.Which of the above texts is considered a primary source and which is considered a secondary source and
    why? Explain (5 marks)
    2.List some methods that historians might use to reconstruct the past.(3marks)
    3.Describe how we can “travel”into the past.(2marks)

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