Historians

If history is the study of the people and events of the past, then a person who studies history must be a 

• historian
• fossil
• species
• geologist

Historians ask questions like "What happened?" "Why did it happen?" and 

• What does it taste like?
• How is it made?
• How has it influenced today?
• Why do you feel that way?

Learning about the past helps us _________ the present.

• duplicate
• restore
• avoid
• understand

Which of the following is a true statement about studying history?

• The past is not worth studying.
• The past was always better.
• The past helps us make decisions.
• The past needs to be forgotten.

Events that happened in the past help explain why _________

• We speak the language that we do
• We use the technologies that we use
• We enjoy certain pastimes (activities)
• All answers are correct

When we talk about "the past" we mean ________

• The time of the cavemen
• Important events like wars
• Everything that happened before today
• Before the modern era

A source is more reliable if:

• the source has a good reputation.
• the source was an eyewitness.
• other sources are similar.
• all of the above make a source more trustworthy.

A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there

• Primary

• Secondary

An article about the Civil War written during the Civil War

• Primary

• Secondary