Ahistorian uses the comparative method to
look at similarities and differences across cultures
examine how different cultures formed
determine the meaning of an artifact
record relationships between people and the environment

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire