Thinking Like A Historian (Pt 1)

Source

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

• To support with evidence

• Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

• The situation in which something happens

Context

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

• To support with evidence

• Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

• Background details necessary to understanding an event

Corroborate

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

• To support with evidence from multiple sources

• Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

• The situation in which something happens

Reliable

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

• To support with evidence

• Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

• The situation in which something happens

Contextualization

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

• The act of using details to place an event in its context

• Material which shows that something else exists or is true

• The situation in which something happens

Evidence

• Material which shows that something else exists or is true

• Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

• To support with evidence

• A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

Perspective

• A person is in favor of one thing over another

• The way a person sees the world; their point of view

• Not influenced by personal opinions or feelings

• To support with evidence

When we study historical documents, it is important to __________ or look at what other sources say.

• ignore

• corroborate

• contextualize

• source

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

• true

• false

A source has a reason to take one side over the other

• opinion

• fact

• bias

• fake news