Claims and Evidence

The invention of beer created many other things that improved life for humans.

• This is a Claim

• This is evidence

Artifacts in Iraq and Iran show that they were some of the world's first farmers.

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• This is evidence

DNA shows that the earliest known humans came out of Africa.

• This is a Claim

• This is evidence

One historian says Europeans became powerful because they were lucky.

• This is a Claim

• This is evidence

Stories from the Shona people and ancient stone buildings are used to prove that there was a great kingdom in Zimbabwe, Africa in the 1500s.

• This is a Claim

• This is evidence

Some say the Maya predicted the world would end in 2012.

• This is a Claim

• This is evidence

Crop circles prove aliens from out-space have appeared on earth.

• This is an example of credible evidence.

• This is an example of not credible evidence.

Ancient artifacts show that some societies knew how to hunt.

• This is an example of bad evidence.

• This is an example of good evidence.

What type of evidence is a record of crimes committed in the 1920s?

• Expert Historian

• Physical/Artifact

• Documentary

What type of evidence is represented in this picture?

• Stories

• Physical/Artifact

• Document