Historical Thinking Skills

Definition: trusted, dependable, well-founded

• perspective

• persuade

• reliable

• connected

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

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close reading

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

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

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

• Witness

• Claim

• Secondary source

• Primary source

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

• Bias

• Reliable

• Perspective

• Primary Source

Definition: locates events and sources in time and space

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

Using multiple accounts and perspectives when studying a topic

• Helps us get a more accurate picture of the past

• Helps us determine the author

• Helps us find a lost dog

• Helps us find the answer

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?

• A secondary source

• A primary source

• A gossip

• A jerk

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

• A secondary source

• A primary source

• A gossip

• A jerk

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

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading