Reading Like a Historian

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What is a primary source?

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A source created by someone who was there at the time

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What is a secondary source?

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A source created later, by someone who wasn't there

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Which of the following is a primary source? A textbook, A diary, A biography, A TV show

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A diary

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What question does the reliability of a source answer?

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How much can you trust a source--is it accurate?

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Sourcing

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Finding out who wrote a document, when it was written, etc.

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Contextualization

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Finding out what was going on in the world when a source was created

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What is corroboration?

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Finding out if other sources agree with this source

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What is evidence?

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Information that proves or disproves something