Think like a historian

Information from someone who did not witness an event

• secondary source

• primary source

The study of past events

• history

• historian

Information from someone who witnessed an event

• primary source

• secondary source

A time period of 100 years.

• century

• timeline

The way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person.

• effect

• point of view

Things that can help a reader make effective use of a textbook

• text features

• text structures

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

• Chronology

• Evidence

• Point of view

• Primary sources

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