Historical Thinking Skills and Evaluating Sources Check

What is the best definition of historical thinking?

• The study of past events.

• The ability to describe, analyze, evaluate, and construct diverse interpretations of the past.

• Using thought or reasoning to justify an event or opinion.

• The ability to identify patterns within a group of facts or rules to determine outcomes.

Which is not a reason that we historians use historical thinking?

• Investigate historical questions

• Evaluate multiple perspectives

• Memorize important dates and people

• Make historical claims backed by evidence

Which historical thinking skill has this definition: Analyzing and asking questions of a document

• Sourcing

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Which historical thinking skill has this definition: Understanding a document in relation to time and place of creation

• Sourcing

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Which historical thinking skill has this definition: Using the 5 Ws to consider the creation of the source

• Sourcing

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Which historical thinking skill has this definition: Comparing and contrasting different sources

• Sourcing

• Close Reading

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Which of the following should you do during your first close read of the text?

• Evaluate the author's claim and its credibility. Corroborate with other sources.

• Look at titles and headings, as well as images, captions, graphs, and tables.

• Determine the main idea, as well as the key details. Take note of unknown vocabulary.

Which of the following should you do during your second close read of the text?

• Evaluate the author's claim and its credibility. Corroborate with other sources.

• Look at titles and headings, as well as images, captions, graphs, and tables.

• Determine the main idea, as well as the key details. Take note of unknown vocabulary.

Which of the following should you do during your third close read of the text?

• Evaluate the author's claim and its credibility. Corroborate with other sources.

• Look at titles and headings, as well as images, captions, graphs, and tables.

• Determine the main idea, as well as the key details. Take note of unknown vocabulary.

The following definition describes which type of source?

An immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic/event, from people who had a direct connection with it.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source