Historical Thinking

The questions "Who wrote this?" and "When was it written?" are examples of...

• Contextualization
• Corroboration
• Close Reading 
• Sourcing 

An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a .... 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source  

Which document is a secondary source? 

• Research findings on video gaming's effects
• Population statistics from the U.S Census Bureau  
• An almanac 
• Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address  

Historical Thinking is

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

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.

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.

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.

Primary Sources

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

A relationship between two events where the first event is responsible for the second event.

• cause and effect
• bias and error
• hypothesis and questions
• bias and effect

Which statement shows bias?

• Johnny is in the 8th grade at Colonel Richardson Middle School
• My son, Johnny, couldn't have cheated on his test, he's always so sweet and honest.
• Johnny plays on the Mustangs football team
• Johnny has blonde hair and blue eyes.