Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Front

Primary Source

Back

an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

Front

Secondary Source

Back

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

Front

Bias

Back

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

Front

Sourcing

Back

asking questions about a particular source, including: Who created it? When? Why? From what perspective or point of view? What did they know?

Front

Contextualizing

Back

taking into consideration how the author was influenced by when and where the document was produced

Front

Point of View

Back

the perspective from which a story is told

Front

chronology

Back

the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

Front

absolute chronology

Back

The order of events by date

Front

Relative Chronology

Back

The order of events in relation to other events.