Thinking Like a Historian - Set 1 (Vocabulary)

original records of a past event, usually created by someone who saw or participated in the event

• secondary source
• journal
• diary
• primary source

  an object made or used by humans long ago

• document
• journal
• artifact
• diary

  records of events that are written or told by someone who was not at the event

• primary source
• artifact
• memoir
• secondary source

something that is known or proven to be true

• opinion
• diary
• fact
• biography

____________ is the information that can prove your point or support your claim.

• Chronology

• Evidence

• Point of view

• Primary sources

What is historical thinking?

• seeming reasonable or probable

• the body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• the act of thinking like a historian by utilizing historical thinking skills such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close readingt

What is bias?

• thoughts in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well

• a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

• seeming reasonable or probable

What is evidence?

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

• a serious disagreement or argument

• the body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

What is perspective?

• seeming reasonable or probable

• the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well

• a particular view toward or way of regarding something

Records of events created by people who were not directly involved in or present at the time of the events are called:

• primary sources

• secondary sources