Historical Thinking Vocabulary

Historical Thinking is...

• a dangerous method of time travel.

• a way to interpret & piece together artifacts into an accurate history.

• the process of evaluating evidence subjectively.

• not important if you are unbiased.

A historian would call the physical remains of past civilizations...

• artifacts.

• archeologist's gold.

• unreliable evidence.

• tiddlywinks.

History is...

(mark ALL that apply)

• always told the same from everyone's perspective.

• dependent upon reliable pieces of evidence.

• accurate with just one piece of evidence to study.

• an account of the past.

Sources of information used to inform ideas about the past are...

(Mark ALL that apply)

• always reliable if found by an archaeologist.

• called evidence.

• found in primary & secondary sources.

• never objective.

An inference...

• caused the destruction of all Egyptian civilization.

• is important when baking cookies.

• is the process of determining contextualization.

• is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning.

A letter written by George Washington would be considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

A newspaper article discussing the importance of a historical event would be considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

Your history textbook is considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

A written account of eyewitness testimony is considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

An oral history...

(Check ALL that apply)

• is based on an eyewitness account.

• is always written down.

• is passed from one generation to another.

• is never a valuable piece of historical evidence.