Evaluating a source

Sources of information used to inform ideas about the past are...

(Check ALL that apply)

• always reliable if found by an archaeologist.

• called evidence.

• found in primary & secondary sources.

• never objective.

A source is reliable if...

(Check ALL that apply)

• it is trustworthy.

• it is consistent with other reliable sources.

• it was only written as a secondary source.

• it is only written as an eyewitness account.

Your history textbook is considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

This campaign poster is most likely trying to_______________

• Identify a fact relating to the President

• Introduce a concern about the President

• Persuade the voters to re-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Identify certain issues about the President

A letter written by George Washington would be considered...

• a primary source of historical evidence.

• a secondary source of historical evidence.

• an oral history.

• a useless piece of historical evidence.

An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a ....

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Historical Thinking is...

• a dangerous method of time travel.

• a way to interpret & piece together artifacts into an accurate history.

• the process of evaluating evidence subjectively.

• not important if you are unbiased.

Contestability of sources is

(Check ALL that apply)

• the differences with part or all of a source from other sources.

• when two authors disagree on what happened in History.

• when sources compete to win.

• always required in short-reponse tasks.

Which document is a secondary source?

• Research findings on video gaming's effects

• Population statistics from the Australian Census

• Macmillan Textbook

• Kevin Rudd's apology speech

Evidence is objective if...

• it is completely biased.

• it is written as an eyewitness account.

• it IS influenced by personal opinion.

• it is NOT influenced by personal opinion.