Think Like a Historian

Examining the “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” and “why” of a document.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

Taking into consideration how the author was influenced by when and where the document was produced.

• Secondary source

• Primary source

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

Comparing different sources in order to 1) gain a more accurate account of the past, 2) evaluate the validity of a source, and/or 3) consider multiple perspectives.

• Frame of Reference

• Point of View

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

An opinion or perspective presented by the author of a document, influenced by the author’s personal circumstances.

• Frame of Reference

• Corroboration

• Point of View

• Close Reading

First-hand accounts of an event created by eyewitnesses or first recorders at the time of the event.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Sourcing

• contextualizing

Information that was created by someone who was not present at the time of the event.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The Declaration of Independence

• Secondary Source
• Primary Source

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history? When we use textbooks, what are we using?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.6.7

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An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.

• Primary

• Secondary

When I was at summer camp a few years ago, I found an arrowhead; I did research and found out it has been made by the Cherokee Indians. What is my arrowhead?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source