Historical Thinking

A first-hand account of someone who experienced the event at the time it happened is a...

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

A document created about an event, but not experienced by the person themselves is a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A History textbook is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An audio of Martin Luther King Jr's speech, "I Have a Dream," is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Which of these sources is more reliable?

• A movie made about the Declaration of Independence in 2001

• A book written by a famous historian who is an expert on the American Revolution, published in 1999.

Comparing two or more sources in order to see if evidence agrees or disagrees with each other is an example of...

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Understanding who the author of a document is, and examining his or her reliability is an example of..

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Recognizing an author's claim and finding evidence to support that claim is...

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Placing the event in time and place of when it happened in order to understand what circumstances may have influenced the document is...

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

This artifact from the women's rights movement in 1912 is an example of a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source