thinking like a historian

What is history?

• the study of the past

• the study of the present

• the study of the future

What is a historian?

• a person who studies government

• a person who studies math

• a person who studies

  the past

• a person who studies economy

Which is NOT a question that historians will ask?

• When did it happen?

• Who

  was involved?

• What happened?

• Where is the place

  located?

What is a primary source?

• records written by someone who was

  not there at the time of the event

• records made by people

  who saw or took place in

  an event

What is a secondary source?

• records made by people

  who saw or took place in

  an event

• records written by someone who was

  not there at the time of the event

What kind of source is the autobiography (an account of a person's life written by that person) of Henry Ford?

• primary source

• secondary source

What kind of source is the Declaration of Independence?

• primary source

• secondary source

I am writing an essay on George Washington for my social studies class.  I used articles from Wikipedia, what am I using?

• primary source

• secondary source

At school, we use textbooks to learn about history, what kind of source are we using?

• primary source

• secondary source

What is chronological

order?

• The problem is presented first, then a suggested solution will be discussed.

• the order in which the events occurred, from first to last

• The cause is discussed first, then it leads to a discussion of the effect.

• whatever the author can recall first