Thinking Like a Historian

Unit 1 Thinking Like a Historian

Test

Perspectives

​The first step of Thinking Like a Historian was to look at things from multiple perspectives.

​Do you remember when we looked at things from MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES?

​Sandra vs. Herman

​Lunchroom Fight - Justin vs. Max

​Three Little Pigs vs. True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Perspectives

• ​Perspectives are a person's point of view on something (how they see something)

• ​A perspective can be influenced by background, age, culture

• ​One perspective might be more believable because they were there or had more details

Multiple Choice

What does perspective mean?

• A secondary source during a fight

• How much a person makes

• A person's point of view on something

• The chance of something happening

Multiple Choice

Which of the following infleucnes a person's perspective?

• A textbook

• Their background

• Autograph

Multiple Choice

What makes one perspective more believable than another's?

• Their best friend told them

• Nothing

• They saw a video from the time

• They were there or knew more details

​The next thing we covered were SOURCES!

​Step 2 of Thinking Like a Historian is to consider the sources.

1. ​Primary Sources = (FIRST-HAND) They were there during the event or the item was created then

2. ​Secondary Sources = (SECOND-HAND) They were not there during the event and gathered their information from primary sources

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Primary or Secondary: An essay written about the Civil War 100 years later.

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Primary or Secondary: Wikipedia which random people are able to edit.

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Primary or Secondary: A letter written by your best friend

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Primary or Secondary: A textbook about ancient civilizations

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Primary or Secondary: A photograph from Halloween

Multiple Choice

Why is a primary source better, or more reliable, than a secondary source?

• It was written or created by people who were there

• I don't know

• It was written or created by people who weren't there

• It just is

​The final thing is TIMELINES!

Step 3 of Thinking Like a Historian is creating a timeline of events.

​Remember timelines always go...

1. ​BC/BCE numbers BIG to SMALL

2. ​AD/CE numbers SMALL to Big

Multiple Choice

Why was Jesus mentioned with timelines?

• It was the beginning of civilization

• The world began counting years when he was born

• The world began counting when he died

• It was the beginning of time

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True or False: BC and AD are the same thing.

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True or False: CE and AD are the same thing.

Multiple Choice

How do you find the span of the timeline?

• Subtract the two small events

• The end of the timeline minus the beginning of the timeline

• Count how many events are on the timeline

• Guess

Multiple Choice

If your timeline starts with 0 years and ends with 10 years, what is the span?

• 5

• 15

• 10

• 0

Multiple Choice

What numbers are on the left side of your timeline?

• BC/BCE

• AD

Multiple Choice

What numbers are on the right side of your timeline?

• BC/BCE

• AD/CE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is in chronological order?

• 2500 BCE, 2000 BC, 1000 BC, 100 AD

• 100 AD, 204 BC, 3495 CE, 100 BC

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is in chronological order?

• 450 BC, 300 BC, 200 BC, 10 AD, 1 AD

• 450 BC, 300 BC, 200 BC, 1 AD, 10 AD

Multiple Choice

Look at the following numbers: 200 BC, 35 BC, 3 AD, ??, 40 AD. Which year would fit in the ?? section

• 1

• 13 AD

• 35 BC

• 400 BCE