Thinking like a historian

A FACT...

• can be proven or observed.

• is a personal belief or conclusion.

AN OPINION...

• can be proven or observed.

• is a personal belief or conclusion.

A sequence of events in time are called a

• chronology

• artifact

• question

• sourcing

________________ means examining the who, what, when, where, and why of a document.

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

A document or record of past events created by people who were present at that time is called ____________.

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Corroboration

• Sourcing

A ________________ is written after the time period by an expert or historian and can include books, magazines, and short articles.

• primary Source

• secondary Source

• bias

• artifact

My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our attic. My father said it belonged to my grandmother. What is the dress?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

My friend Tim said I should read a book that he really liked. He told me about it—it sounds really good! When Tim talks about the book, what is he?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A painting done in 1975 of people escaping on the Underground Railroad.

• primary source

• secondary source

We are all _________________ because we study and learn history.

• Teachers
• Doctors
• Historians
• Librarians