<p>One of the essential skills for historians to investigate the past is the ability to question a primary source. Primary sources are the building blocks historians use to create history. A primary source is anything created by the historical person, made or existed during the historical period the historian is studying.</p> <p>Some of the answers of the past are locked in primary sources. Historians access these answers by asking various questions to get a variety of answers to help them gain a fuller understanding of the primary source.</p> <p>This collection features one method of questioning:</p> <ul><li>Analyzing primary sources – questions asking specific information about the primary source</li></ul> <p>In this collection, you will practice becoming a historian by questioning primary sources centered on primary sources about Harriet Tubman.</p>