Review WH Unit 1 : Lesson 4 : Working Like a Historian

How is a historian’s way of working similar to a lawyer’s way of working?

• They both make arguments based on evidence.

• Lawyers face judges, and historians are judged by readers.

• They both defend causes whether or not they believe in them.

• Lawyers hire detectives to find clues, and so do historians.

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Which period of time is shortest?

• era

• period

• decade

• century

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Which statement about cause and effect is true?

• Historians usually know the cause and effect of an event.

• Every event is either a cause or an effect, not both.

• In cause-effect order, either event may come first.

• An event may have multiple causes and multiple effects.

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Which examples give information about both history and culture? Choose all that apply.

• Hip-hop music is popular all over the world.

• Baseball was introduced to Japan in the 1800s.

• The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206.

• Soldiers returning from Italy after World War II introduced Americans to pizza.

1. Which statement expresses a cause-and-effect relationship?

2. 
   

• The population of the United States continues to rise every decade.

• China is the world's fastest-growing consumer market and second-largest importer of goods.

• The discovery of how to farm crops led to the establishment of human settlements.

• The rise of monotheism began with Judaism and was spread far and wide through 

  Christianity and Islam.

1. Which of the following primary sources are probably the most reliable sources for information about a Civil War battle? Choose all that apply.

• a book about theories of history published in the year of the battle

• an interview with a political candidate one week after the battle

• a newspaper article by a reporter who was present at the battle

• a black and white photograph of the battlefield, taken during the fighting

1. Imagine you are writing a report about the effects of hurricanes on the Caribbean Islands. Should you use mainly primary sources or secondary sources?

• Primary, because primary sources are more reliable.

• Secondary, because secondary sources are more reliable.

• t depends, because either type can be reliable or unreliable.

• Both equally, because it’s hard to tell which is more reliable.