Historical Thinking Skills

Definition: trusted, dependable, well-founded

Definition: Finding out who created a source and when, where, and why it was created to determine if it's reliable

Definition: support or evidence from other sources that makes a claim more certain

Definition: a source of information that was created by a person present during the time period being studied

Definition: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

Definition: locates events and sources in time and space

Using multiple accounts and perspectives when studying a topic

My husband, Scott, told me about some rumor he heard about on social media. When he tells me about the rumor he heard what is he?

My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our attic. My mom said it belonged to my grandmother. The dress is an example of

Definition: reading a source so you can identify and evaluate the author's language and claims