History in Documents and a Document in History - страница 3

2. Answer the following questions:

1) What is a “historical document”?

2) What types of documents are mentioned in the text? Can you think of any more?

3) What details are scientists usually interested in?

4) What do these details help scientists understand?

5) What documents will become valuable in the future?

6) Why will documents be lost?

7) In what way do governments try to store and increase the number of documents?

3. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

4. Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box:

1) Most daily _____________s will not publish anonymous letters to the editor.

2) Historical _____________s describe the young princess as exceedingly tall, thin, and plain, but with a generous nature.

3) You can ask the children to create a different ending to the story or draw different ____________s to illustrate what they have read.

4) All citizens are equal before the _______________.

5) As written _____________s developed, they also used wooden writing boards and wax tablets for work which was not intended to be permanent.

6) Richmond Police are sending warning _____________s to parents of children caught buying or attempting to buy alcohol.

7) When an agreement is reached with the owner, a private _____________ is written and signed.

5. Find out what functions these people do:

Read the text and do the tasks after it.

Historical documents are papers that contain important information about a country's people, laws or policies. For example, the U.S. Constitution is a historical document, and so are the birth and death certificates and military records of the country's people. Anthropologists and historians are interested in such papers, and the documents also help people research their ancestry. These are the four types of historical documents.

Political Documents. Political papers that are considered historical documents include the officially signed copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and U.S. Bill of Rights. These historical documents are preserved at the offices of the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland. Under the Freedom of Information Act, they are generally accessible to anyone.