Historical Thinking skills

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 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

What kind of source is a textbook?

• primary source

• secondary source

What kind of source is an autobiography or memoir?

• primary source

• secondary source

Which term means how a person sees an event? (their point of view)

• values
• opinion
• perspective
• fact

What is a historian?

• a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past

• a person who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record

• a person who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth

The same fight looked different to the three witnesses because they each had a different ____________ of the fight.

• Perspective
• Angle
• Motive
• Opinion

We are all _________________ because we study and learn history.

• Teachers
• Doctors
• Historians
• Librarians

The intentional use of language to present a one sided description.

• Blast

• Bias

• Perspective

• Point of view