Historical Thinking Vocabulary

The study of the past...

• History

• Primary Source

• Decade

• Bias

A preconceived opinion about something or someone.

• Historian

• Age/Era

• Bias

• Analyze

The knowledge, beliefs, values, & practices that a group of people have in common.

• Culture
• Hobbies

• Economics

• Similarities

A person who studies the past

• Historian

• Engineer

• Ancient

• Primary Source

Kate found a letter her Great-Grandmother wrote in 1945. The letter is a _______________ source.

10 years

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

• Age/Era

100 years

• Decade

• Century

• Ancient

• Modern

a long time period known by its great events, developments, or important individuals

• Century

• Decade

• Age/Era

• Modern

to discover or reveal something through detailed examination

• Age/Era

• Bias

• Analyze

• Secondary Source

A documentary you watch about Ancient Rome is a ______________ source