Historical Thinking

What is a historian?

• a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past, and is considered an expert on it

• a person who studies human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts from today and the past

• a person who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record

• a person who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets

What is archaeology?

• the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

• the study of human societies and cultures and their development

• the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields

• the scientific study of the human mind and its functions

What is an artifact?

• an object made by a human being

• something that is usual, typical, or standard

• the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

• the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

What is anthropology?

• the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

• the study of human societies and cultures and their development

• the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields

• the scientific study of the human mind and its functions

What is a norm?

• an object made by a human being

• something that is usual, typical, or standard

• the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

• the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

What is culture?

• an object made by a human being

• something that is usual, typical, or standard

• the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

• the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

What is evidence?

• an object made by a human being

• something that is usual, typical, or standard

• the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

• the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

What is an interpretation?

• an object made by a human being

• something that is usual, typical, or standard

• someone's understanding of a topic

• the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

What is a primary source?

• an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source that was created at the time of study

• created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events researched

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge

What is a secondary source?

• an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source that was created at the time of study

• created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events researched

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge