Historical Thinking Skills

Definition: support or evidence from other sources that makes a claim more certain

Definition: a source of information that was created by a person present during the time period being studied

Perspective

Definition: locates events and sources in time and space

Using multiple accounts and perspectives when studying a topic

Definition: identifying and explaining patterns of change and similarity over time

Close-Reading can include re-reading the text more than once.

What skill asks: "What evidence does the author use?"

What skill asks: "What circumstances were happening when the document was written?"

There is a fight in school. Three witnesses to it all have different accounts of what happened because they all have different