HISTORICAL

ACCOUNT
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Parts, Purpose, Characteristics

What is a historical account?
• A historical account in a chronological account of some relevant
event in history . Its focus may be on one or several characters ,
on a series of events, on a specific conflict or on a specific period.
• As it is a story from the past, historical accounts always have an
end. It is worth noting that, although they are based on events
and true people (who really existed in the past), the focus and
interpretation of each historian can vary.
Parts of a historical account
• Characters. The people who starred in the historical event
that is being narrated and who are those who carry out the
action and those who are affected by it. These characters
are always real.
• Place. The physical space where the narrated events took
place.
Parts of a historical account
• Motivations The reasons that led the characters to act in a certain way
and make the story a more human side.
• Obstacles The difficulties that forced the protagonists to modify their
initial plans and help to better understand the development of the facts.
• Final. The end point of the narrated event, which may include its
consequences, implications, analysis or conclusions . In this part it is
necessary to narrate what happened with the characters and with the
physical spaces where the events took place.
What is the historical account for?
• Historical accounts serve to understand how certain
events that marked humanity were carried out . In
addition, they allow us to know what their implications
were and their scope until today.
• Knowing and understanding history is key to
understanding each of the cultures and proposing
that societies do not repeat past mistakes.
Characteristics of the historical
account
• The reader must understand how the historical event narrated and,
for that, details and explanations are used.
• Chronological The historical account must be structured
chronologically, that is, as things happened in time .
• Objectives . The author of the story must abide by the facts and use
truthful and reliable sources.
• In the past Historical accounts are usually written in the past, using
verbal conjugations in the past.
 FORMS OF
HISTORICAL
ACCOUNTS
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Historical novel, Documentaries, Biography

Historical novel
• Like any novel , it tells a story but it can happen that
the characters are true and what is told about them,
not quite. The author attributes certain freedoms and
include fictional characters but located in a certain
real historical context, or narrate a historical event
with real characters in a novelized tone.
Documentaries
• It is a journalistic genre that usually includes
documents, images and testimonies that act as
conductive threads of the historical fact that is
being narrated. The most common format is
audiovisual, but it can also be radial.
Biography
The focus is on a character of relevance,
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and the story tells his life in the most

reliable way possible, revealing data and
moments of his life that are little known