Historical Thinking Skills: Sourcing

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The first historical thinking skill that you need to do is______________.

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sourcing

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Determining whether a document is reliable is called_____________.

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sourcing

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The five things that we try to find out while sourcing are: Who, What, When, Where, Why

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Who, What, When, Where, Why

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The "When" of sourcing refers to:

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When the document was created?

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The "What" of sourcing refers to: What is happening in the document? What type of document is it?

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What type of document is it?

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The "Who" of sourcing refers to:

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Who is the creator of the document?

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The "Where" of sourcing refers to:

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Where the document was found?

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Which of the following is a primary source? a text message to your friend explaining what happened at school, your science teacher telling you the homework that you missed in math class, a text message from your friend telling you what they heard happened at school that day, none of these are primary sources

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a text message to your friend explaining what happened at school

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Max and Justin got into a fight in the cafeteria. Max's mother might not be reliable because of: authority, corroborating, context, bias

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bias

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During the lunchroom fight, Anthony was far back in the lunch line. What factor would make his account less reliable?

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proximity