ICT Historical Thinking Skills 8A3

The following questions represent what historical thinking skill?

-When and where was the document created?

-What was different then?

-What was the same?

-How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Why is it important to have multiple accounts and perspectives of an event?

• To help us get a full picture of what happened

• To locate events and sources

• To answer questions about where a source came from

Definition: to be trusted or relied on

• Perspective

• Persuade

• Reliable

Definition: finding out who created a source, when, where, and why it was created in order to see if it is reliable

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Definition: a source of information that was created by a witness during the time period it was being studied

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Evidence

Which of the following explains "contextualization"?

• Answering Who, What, Where, and When

• Looking at multiple sources to see which information agrees/matches

• Gathering background information about a subject

Definition: comparing pieces of evidence and seeing if they agree or disagree

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

What is another term for perspective?

• Discovery

• Fact

• Point of view

Definition: a person who studies and analyzes the past

• Witness

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Definition: to prefer or favor one person, group, thing, or point of view more than others

• Perspective

• Bias

• Source