Historical Thinking Vocabulary Definitions

Definition: fit to be trusted or relied on

• perspective

• reliable

• persuade

Definition: a source of information that discusses information originally presented elsewhere

• primary source

• secondary source

• evidence

• claim

• account

Definition: the act or process of forming opinions that are based on a small amount of information

• inference

• generalization

• bias

Definition: a report or description of an event or experience

• primary source

• secondary source

• evidence

• claim

• account

Definition: something which shows that something else is true

• primary source

• secondary source

• evidence

• claim

• account

Definition: to cause (someone) to do or believe something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons

• perspective

• reliable

• persuade

Definition: Finding out who created a source, when, where, and why it was created in order to see if it is reliable

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

Definition: support or evidence that makes a case more certain

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

Definition: Looking closely at a source for the creator’s claims and the evidence used by the creator to back up those claims

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

Definition: The act of thinking about the time and place in which a source is created in order to better understand it

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close Reading

• Corroboration