Historical THinking Skills Practice

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

John is reading an article about the upcoming election and decides to examine the author.

Which historical thinking skill is John doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Maya is reading the Diary of Anne Frank and begins to image that she is Anne Frank during the Holocaust.

Which historical thinking skill is Maya doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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Lila is reading the declaration of Independence and compares it to the Magna Carta and notices some similarities and differences.

Which historical thinking skill is Lila doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Magaret is reading an article about Christinity and notices that it is written by an Atheist site. She decides to not use the article for her research paper.

Which historical thinking skill is Margaret doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Charlie is writing a paper about Slavery and find the claim the "Slavery was morally wrong".

Which historical thinking skill is Charlie doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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Rico is reading an article about the Indian Partition and finds the claim that the Indian Partition did more harm than good.

Which historical thinking skill is Rico doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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Maria is reading about Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez and imagines that she is one of the grape workers herself.

Which historical thinking skill is Maria doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Issac is reading about the recent Madrid game and imagines what it would be like to be a football player in the Champions League.

Which historical thinking skill is Issac doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Jacob is reading multiple articles about the best Soccer Player, he compares and contrasts all the articles.

Which historical thinking skill is Jacob doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Read the scenario then click with Historical Thinking Skill being done:

Leah is writing a paper and uses the news and a research article to compare and contrast information.

Which historical thinking skill is Leah doing?

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

• Contextualization

• Corroboration