Thinking Like a Historian

the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create

• Geography

• Landscape

• Economics

• Culture

To study history, you must start with a

• question

• secondary source

• bias

• answer

____________ is the information that can prove your point or support your conclusion.

• Chronology

• Evidence

• Point of view

• Primary sources

A sequence of events in time are called a

• chronology

• artifact

• question

• sourcing

______________ is the way of looking at something that may be shaped by things like a person's age, job, religion or political views.

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Perspective

• Bias

A(n) _______________ is a human made object such as a tool, button, or old vase.

• artifact

• secondary source

• bias

• question

________________ 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

Taking into consideration how the author was influenced by when and where a document was produced is _______________.

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

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