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Historical Thinking Skills

Authored by Mr. J Menzie

History

7th Grade

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Historical Thinking Skills
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which historical thinking skill would best be used to figure out what actually happened when 2 historical sources describe what happened differently?

sourcing

contextualization

corroboration

credibility

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When analyzing a source, historians use context to:

think about what was occurring in history that may

affect the evidence

compare the evidence to other pieces of evidence

determine who wrote or created the evidence

prove their hypothesis about what happened

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Lunchroom Fight scenario about Historical Thinking, a person who was on the other side of the cafeteria far away from the fight would have a different account of the events mainly because of:

perspective

bias

credibility

proximity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person's feelings or opinions affecting the information received is called:

proximity

perspective

bias

context

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When historical sources say the same thing, it most likely means that:

it is a weaker argument

it is a stronger argument

it does not affect the argument at all

none of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How close a historical source is to an event is called:

perspective

proximity

bias

refute

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first historical thinking skill that should be done when analyzing a source is:

contextualizing

corroborating

sourcing

none of the above

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