Thinking like a Historian Review Practice

A History textbook is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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

Which Historical Thinking skill is portrayed in the image?

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close reading

• Corroboration

Which Historical Thinking skill is portrayed in the image?

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Close reading

• Corroboration

This term means:
one-sided; unfair favoritism

• evaluate
• accuracy
• perspective
• bias

Multiple Accounts and Perspectives

• help us get an accurate picture of the past
• are original documents and objects created at the time of study.
• identify and answer questions about the origins of the source.
• locate events and sources in time and space.

the person or group of people that a message is for

• audience (n.)

• claim (n.)

• evidence (n.)

• history (n.)

why something was created; reason why something was done

• purpose (n.)

• explanation (n.)

• evidence (n.)

• claim (n.)

The questions "Who wrote this?" and "When was it written?" are examples of...

• Contextualization
• Corroboration
• Close Reading 
• Sourcing