Historical Skills

The textbook, newspaper, eyewitness and photo are all good _____________ when you want to get information

• Sources
• Information
• Places
• things

Things that are proven to be true

• fact
• opinion
• corroborate
• accuracy

Why should we study history? 

• Learn about our past (ancestors, culture, advancements, leaders)
• Learn from our mistakes
• Create a better future
• All of the options are correct.

Which term means point of view?

• values
• opinion
• perspective
• fact

These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.

• primary source
• secondary source
• comic book
• coloring book

Written at the time of the event

• primary source
• secondary source

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Diaries are examples of a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history? When we use textbooks, what are we using?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

What is a primary source?

• a source that is the first one you look at

• a source that is a first hand account

• a source that is a second hand account