Unit 0 - Practice Test

First Hand information from people who actually witnessed an event or an original document or artifact stemming from the time period in question.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Evidence

• Historical Interpretation

An account provided after the fact by people that did not witness an event.

• Evidence

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Historical Interpretation

Think of history as a puzzle or mystery. The more of the mystery you solve, the more alive the past will become for you. This is an example of....

• History helps up become better thinkers.

• History is Interesting.

• History makes us critical thinkers.

• History helps us develop empathy.

History makes us aware of the problems, sorrows, joys, hardships, and other experiences faced by people in other times and places. Awareness of these experiences helps us better understand ourselves.

• History makes us better thinkers.

• History helps us avoid errors of the past.

• History is Interesting

• History helps us develop empathy for others.

History is full of examples of failed peoples and nations. History shows us what they did or did not do that contributed to their failure. History can serve as an early warning system.

• History is interesting.

• History helps us avoid errors of the past.

• History makes us better thinkers.

• History is important.

The process of investigating what happened long ago, analyzing evidence, and making judgements about what sources are most credible requires us to evaluate different points of view and determine what pieces of information are important... All of these are CRITICAL thinking skills.

• History helps us develop empathy for others.

• History makes us better thinkers.

• History helps us avoid errors of the past.

• History is important.

Comparing and cross-checking sources to determine reliability and to find multiple pieces of evidence to back a claim or answer a question.

• Contextualizing

• Interpretation

• Corroborate

• Collaboration

Why must we corroborate multiple sources to ensure we are correct?

• You only have to have one piece of evidence for it to be plausible.

• One piece of evidence is useless.

• One piece of evidence is insufficient to build a plausible account.

• Evidence can be shown with or without having multiple.

How is it possible for there to be different statements about the same event?

• Witnesses have different points of view.

• Witnesses have different wants and needs.

• You have to observe the information first.

• It's not possible.

To see; to notice

• Observe

• Infer

• Conclude