Historical Thinking Skills Mastery Check

What is History? (Click on all the correct choices)

• History is the past

• History is an account of the past

• Historical accounts are all the same

• Historical accounts rely on evidence

• All of the following answers are true

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historical processes

Which of the following is true about Sourcing?

• Finding the 5 W's: Who, What, Where, When, and Why

• When you check if multiple documents agree or disagree

• When you only focus on the when and where to find meaning

• When you analyze specific word choices and arguments

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sourcing

Would this be considered a reliable source?

• Reliable

• Not Reliable

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sourcing

Sourcing helps the reader Identify bias, which is...

• Being in favor of or against something, like race, class, gender, religion etc.

• The person who wrote or created the document

• The time and place of the document

• Where documents agree and say the same thing

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identifying bias

Click on all of the following Primary Sources

• Biography

• Textbook

• Diary

• Ancient Map

• Speeches

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sourcing

Click on all of the following Secondary Sources

• Biography

• Textbook

• Diary

• Magazine

• Speeches

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sourcing

Corroboration is when you check if multiple documents ​ (a)   If multiple documents agree, the source is more likely to be ​ (b)  

• have a similar or different message
• reliable
• have a who, what, where, when, and why
• are primary or secondary sources
• unreliable
• neutral

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corroboration

Which two things are focused on when using the skill of Contextualization?

• When

• Who

• What

• Where

• Why

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contextualization

What bias could you identify from this article's headline?

• This article is biased in support of immigrants

• This article is neutral on immigration

• This article is biased against immigrants

• This article is an unreliable source

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identifying bias

Using contextualization, click on all the following choices that may be true about this source. 

• There was equality between all races during this time

• There was separate facilities for white and non-white people

• The white facilities were different, and often better than non-whites

• There are two fountains next to each other for anyone to use

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contextualization