Quiz: Lesson #2- Historical Thinking

A primary resource is an account of an event created by

• someone who witnessed the event in question first-hand.

• an inanimate object

• someone who was not a part of the event in question.

• your pet

Purposeful reading and rereading of Historical documents. It has four parts.

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

The act of questioning a piece of evidence and trying to determine if it’s trustworthy by collecting information about the source.

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

Determining the historical background and important events surrounding the text.

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

Finding information/evidence that support a claim and identifying the disparities between multiple accounts.

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

Which historical thinking skill is shown in the following picture?

• Sourcing

• Annotations

• Bias

• Point of view

Corroboration is?

• Evidence that confirms

• Evidence that denies

• Evidence that puts you in prison

• Evidence the world is flat

Perspective is...

• point of view

• facts

• author's place of birth

• a library

Which of the following best describes the process of contextualization?

• Contrasting multiple accounts

• Acquiring background on the topic

• Indicating the author's perspective, evidence, claims, and language

• Cross-checking other sources of information

Comparing and contrasting documents would be an example of which historical thinking skill?

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corrboration

• Close Reading