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    The document discusses the importance of using primary sources in history as they provide authentic and personal perspectives that help humanize the past. It also emphasizes the need to critically evaluate sources through both external criticism to verify authenticity and internal criticism to assess reliability once authenticity is established. Creating "mind maps" is recommended as a study technique for condensing large amounts of information from sources into visually connected key facts and ideas.

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    The document discusses the importance of using primary sources in history as they provide authentic and personal perspectives that help humanize the past. It also emphasizes the need to critically evaluate sources through both external criticism to verify authenticity and internal criticism to assess reliability once authenticity is established. Creating "mind maps" is recommended as a study technique for condensing large amounts of information from sources into visually connected key facts and ideas.

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