Unit 1 Historical Thinking Knowledge Check

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

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source  

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which document is a secondary source?

• photograph

• United States Constitution

• A biography

• Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

What should you do when you contextualize historical events and sources? 

• Look at the events that led up to it

• Determine which document is more reliable. 
• Examine the author's claim

• Determine the author of the document 

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source? 

• Interprets and analyzes primary sources
• It is based on opinion

• It is a collection of information about events

• It it an eyewitness account of an event.

A map produced in 2016 showing what land European countries controlled in America in the 18th century would be considered a...

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The question "Who wrote this?" are examples of...

• Contextualization
• Corroboration
• Close Reading 
• Sourcing 

A person's own Instagram account is a...

• Primary Source 
• Secondary Source

When you compare sources to find the truth, you are...

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroborating

• Close Reading

Identifying an author's claims, evidence, and language is an example of which historical thinking skill?

• Sourcing
• Contextualizing
• Corroborating
• Close Reading

Primary sources are always unbiased and reliable.

• True
• False