Historical Thinking Vocabulary

A first-hand account of someone who experienced the event at the time it happened is a...

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

A document created about an event, but not experienced by the person themselves is a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A History textbook is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An audio of Martin Luther King Jr's speech, "I Have a Dream," is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Comparing two or more sources in order to see if evidence agrees or disagrees with each other is an example of...

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Understanding who the author of a document is, and examining his or her reliability is an example of..

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Placing the event in time and place of when it happened in order to understand what circumstances may have influenced the document is...

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

This artifact from the women's rights movement in 1912 is an example of a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A map drawn by Christopher Columbus is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A classmate giving a report about Cleopatra. The classmate giving the report is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source