Historical Thinking Skills

What is a Primary Source?

• The estimation of similarities and differences.

• An account of an event or artifact created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

• The estimation of similarities and differences.

• Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witnessed an event.

Answer explanation

Key root word: Prime (meaning first)

When comparing two different characteristics of an ancient civilizations, it might be best to use a __________.

• Venn Diagram

• Timeline

• Pyramid chart

• Pie chart

Answer explanation

Fun Fact: The Venn diagram gets its name from English mathematician John Venn in the late 1800s.

The study of historical records to find dates and make timelines is called

• historiography

• chronology

• sociology

• anthropology

A source that is original to the time period or created by someone who witnessed the event is called a

• primary source

• secondary source

• OG source

• best source

Describing the "when and where", or the historical background information needed to understand a source is called...

• contextualization

• argumentation

• purpose

• intended audience

There can be many perspectives on the same event in history.

• true

• false

When we study historical documents, it is important to __________ or look at what other sources say.

• ignore

• corroborate

• contextualize

• source

Match the following historical thinking skills to their definitions.

• Analyzing and asking questions of a document

• Contextualization

• Using the 5 Ws to consider the creation of the source

• Close Reading

• Understanding a document in relation to time and place of creation

• Sourcing

• Comparing and contrasting different sources

• Corroboration

What is historical thinking?

• seeming reasonable or probable. credible, reasonable, believable, possible, conceivable

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. proof, confirmation, verification, substantiation, corroboration, affirmation

• The act of thinking like a historian by utilizing historical thinking skills such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading.

These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.

• primary source

• secondary source

• comic book

• coloring book