Thinking Like A Historian

____________ is the information that can prove your point or support your conclusion.

• Chronology

• Evidence

• Point of view

• Primary sources

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

A document or record of past events created by people who were present at that time is called ____________.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

A ________________ is written after the time period by an expert or historian and can include books, magazines, and short articles.

• primary Source

• secondary Source

• bias

• artifact

My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our attic. My father said it belonged to my grandmother. What is the dress?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

My friend Tim told me about some rumor he heard about on social media. When he tells me about the rumor he heard- What is he?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A long period of time with similar characteristics

• era

• decade

• century

An unreasoned emotional judgement or feeling

• bias

• mean

• wrong

A painting done in 1975 of people escaping on the Underground Railroad.

• primary source

• secondary source

Which of the following are examples of secondary sources? (Select all the correct answers.)

• encyclopedias

• biographies

• wikipedia.org

• textbooks

Which of the following are examples of primary sources? (Select all the correct answers.)

• pottery

• textbooks

• songs

• magazines