Chapter 1 Vocabulary

The study of past events, particularly human affairs.

• Sourcing

• Bias

• History

The study of how history is done, like how different people perceive past events.

• Credible

• Historiography

• Sourcing

Skills like reading, analysis, and writing, that help you get a complete & accurate picture of the past.

• Historiography

• Sourcing

• Historical Thinking Skills

Asking questions about a source, such as: Who made it? When? Why? What is their point of view?

• Sourcing

• Credible

• Bias

A historical thinking skill in which you think about events in the broad picture of history and what they mean.

• Secondary Source

• Contextualization

• History

Any piece of evidence from the past is part of the...

• Secondary source

• Opinion

• Historical record

A source created at the time of an event; a firsthand account of something.

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Interpretation

A source that was created after the event, based on sources from those that were present.

• History

• Opinion

• Secondary source

The way someone understands and explains something

• Interpretation

• Credible

• Contextualization

A piece of information that is real or true.

• Bias

• Opinion

• Fact