Historical Thinking Skills Terminology

Historical background information needed to understand a source is called...

• contextualization

• argumentation

• purpose

• intended audience

Argumentation includes...

• Identifying a source's argument

• Forming your own argument

• Comparing & Contrasting different arguments

• Identifying evidence within a source to support an argument

A source's intention, what they wanted to do or have happen, can also be referred to as...

• purpose

• intended audience

• contextualization

• point of view

Whoever the source was directing their message to is referred to as...

• intended audience

• point of view

• argumentation

• contextualization

The author/creator's life experience leading up to the creation of a source is often referenced as...

• point of view

• purpose

• contextualization

• argumentation

Which historical thinking skill do you think is the most difficult to demonstrate?

• Contextualization

• Argumentation

• Document Analysis

• Image Analysis