Thinking like a historian

Match the following

• secondary source

• comparing different sources in order to 1) gain a more accurate account of the past, 2) evaluate the validity of a source, and/or 3) consider multiple perspectives

• sourcing

• First-hand accounts of an event created by eyewitnesses or first recorders at the time of the event
  

• corroboration

• accounts of events created at a later date and by someone who was not present at the event

• contextualizing 

• taking into consideration how the author was influenced by when and where the document was produced

• Primary source

• examining the “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” and “why” of a document

is comparing different sources.

• Cooroboration
• Contextualizating
• close reading

_________________Critically examining significant details and language patterns of a text in order to develop a deep understanding of the author’s claims or point of view

• close reading
• far reading

• cooperation

an opinion or perspective presented by the author of a document, influenced by the author’s personal circumstances

• Point of view

• Frame of Reference

• Context

the circumstances of the time in which an event occurred or in which an author lived that may have influenced his/her point of view

• Historical context

• frame of reference

• point of view

What is not history

• A account of the past

• that relies on evidence

• a list of names, dates, facts, places, and events

• The study of the cosmos

Why would accounts of events differ?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Perspective
• Change over time
• bias
• people can't read
• they got it from an unreliable source
• they're lying

When sourcing which of the following should you Not consider?

• Who made this document? When?
  

• Who was it made for? How was it made?

• How was it disseminated?

• What is its message or argument?

• Is the source approved by the Governor of your state?

What other texts appeared at this moment?
  How do they support or complicate this document?
  What do the disagreements tell us?

Are questions to be considered when doing what part of the historic process

What was going on when this document appeared?
  How did those events affect its creation? are questions to be considered when on what step of the historic process

• Contextualization

• Sourcing

• Close reading

• Corroboration