Historical Thinking Skills

Historical Thinking Skills

6th - 12th Grade

7 Qs

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History

6th - 12th Grade

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Erin Vaughn Murphy

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Historical Thinking is

not what we know but HOW we know it.
not how we know but WHY we know it.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Multiple Accounts and Perspectives

help us get an accurate picture of the past
are original documents and objects created at the time of study.
identify and answer questions about the origins of the source.
locate events and sources in time and space.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Sourcing

helps us get an accurate picture of the past
is original documents and objects created at the time of study.
identifies and answers questions about the origins of the source.
locates events and sources in time and space.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Context

helps us get an accurate picture of the past
is original documents and objects created at the time of study.
identifies and answers questions about the origins of the source.
locates events and sources in time and space.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Primary Sources

Created at the time of study by someone involved.
Created after the time of study by someone not involved.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which is a secondary source for studying September 11?

A newspaper dated 9/12/01
A textbook summary of the events of 9/11
An interview in 2016 with a firefighter who was at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which source is more believable?

Zero Dark Thirty, a movie about the hunt and death of Osama Bin Laden
No Easy Day, a book written by a member of Seal Team Six who helped capture and assassinate Bin Laden.