Historical Thinking

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

• evidence

• audience

• artifact

• purpose

the act of questioning a piece of evidence and trying to determine if it is reliable. Asks who, what, when, where, and why?

• secondary source

• audience

• sourcing

• purpose

supporting materials used to prove or disprove something

• purpose

• artifact

• audience

• evidence

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• primary source

• contextualization

• secondary source

• sourcing

evidence that confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding; confirmation. Do the sources agree or disagree?

• close reading

• corroboration

• contextualization

• primary source

able to be trusted

• audience

• probable

• reliable

• evidence

a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study or written by someone who experienced that time under study

• primary source

• contextualization

• corroboration

• artifact

something that stands for something else

• claim

• evidence

• purpose

• symbol

One way of looking at things

• close reading

• perspective

• probable

• audience

the reader of the text; who the text is for

• audience

• evidence

• artifact

• purpose