831 Historical Thinking Quiz

This term means favoring one side; unfair favoritism

• Evaluate

• Perspective

• Bias

Perspective is

• Facts

• Point of view

• Discoveries

Definition: Comparing two or more sources in order to see if evidence agrees or disagrees with each other

• Sourcing

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Definition: Finding out who created a source, when, where, and why it was created in order to see if it is reliable

• Sourcing

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

When you consider context, what are you considering?

• Background information

• Primary Sources

• The author's purpose

The following questions represent which Historical Thinking skill?

When and where was the document created? What was different then? What was the same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

• Close reading

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

 

The following questions represent which Historical Thinking skill?

What do other documents say? Do the documents agree? If not, why? What are other possible documents? What documents are most reliable?

• Sourcing

• Corroboration

• Contextualization

Definition: trusted and believed in; credible

• Plausible

• Bias

• Primary Source

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

• Primary Source

• Secondary 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

• Best Source