Historical Thinking Skills

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What is a primary source?

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descriptions or pictures of an event by someone who actually saw or lived through that event (diary or journal entry; photograph)

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What is a secondary source?

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come from people who were not present at an event (textbook; encyclopedia)

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What is historical thinking?

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The act of thinking like a historian by utilizing historical thinking skills such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading.

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What is sourcing?

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Identify the author and the author’s purpose (before you read a document to determine if the source is trustworthy and believable).

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What is evidence?

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the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. proof, confirmation, verification, substantiation, corroboration, affirmation

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What is bias?

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prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

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What is reliability?

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the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well.

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What is perspective?

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a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

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The textbook, newspaper, eyewitness and photo are all good _____________ when you want to get information

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Sources

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The same accident looked different to the three witnesses because they each had a different ____________ of the accident.

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Perspective