Historical Thinking Skills

An explanation for a claim that uses evidence to support it

• issue

• argument

The person or group of people that a message is for

• audience

• historian

A person or group who created a source

• audience

• Ms. Lewis

• author

An opinion supported by evidence

• claim

• limitation

To last for a long time

• dissolve

• endure

• limitation

Bonus Question:

A challenge or problem that has been debated or discussed across time

• claim

• enduring issue

• issue

Information that can be used for a specific purpose

• evidence

• claim

• author

A statement that makes something understandable. In a historical argument the explanation states why the evidence supports the claim

• limitation

• claim

• explanation

An account of the past constructed from evidence. This account of the past differs based on the author's point of view.

• author

• history

• audience

Something that prevents a source from being reliable

• limitation

• audience