Historical Thinking Skills

The Declaration of Independence

• Secondary Source
• Primary Source

A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and  his walk on the moon. The TV show is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

An autobiography is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A classmate giving a report about Cleopatra. The classmate giving the report is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

This term means:
one-sided; unfair favoritism

• evaluate
• accuracy
• perspective
• bias

Primary Sources

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

Second-hand account of a historical event (ex. biography); created after the event occurred by someone who was not a witness

• "Matter"

• Secondary source

• Perspective

• Context

What is historical context

• the political, religious, economic, environmental and cultural conditions that surround an topic

• Analyzing causes and effects

What is Causation

• Structuring historical periods or eras

• Analyzing causes and effects

• Explanations of similarities and/or differences

How do historians make comparisons

• Looking at changes and continuity

• Analyzing causes and effects

• Explanations of similarities and/or differences