Historical Thinking

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

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Diaries are examples of a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

What is Evidence?

• The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit.

• A thing or set of things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment.

• An account of an event or artifact created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

• Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witnessed an event.

A source that is original to the time period or created by someone who witnessed the event is called a

• primary source

• secondary source

• OG source

• best source

 A prejudice for or against something is called

(Hint: prejudice means a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience)

• opinion

• fact

• bias

• fake news

A source that was created after an event has taken place by people who did not participate is called a

• primary source

• secondary source

• literature

• fake news

There can be many perspectives on the same event in history.

• true

• false

We are all _________________ because we study and learn history.

• Teachers
• Doctors
• Historians
• Librarians

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

• Sources
• Information
• Places
• things