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Historical Thinking

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a PRIMARY source?

a)

Magazine

b)

Newspaper

c)

Letter

d)

Website

2.

Which is a SECONDARY source?

a)

Letters

b)

Original Documents

c)

Diaries

d)

Research Studies from multiple websites

3.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
4.
Mona Lisa 
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
5.
Movie about WW2
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
6.
A source that comes later, second hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
7.

An inference is...

a)

text evidence + background knowledge (schema)

b)

making a wild guess

c)

summarising the text

d)

information you can find directly in the text

8.
What are you looking for when a question asks you to provide textual evidence?
a)
a piece of writing like an article, poem, or story
b)
proof
c)
clues (proof) within the text 
9.
What is the main idea of a reading selection?
a)
The supporting ideas in a text that show proof.
b)
What the text is mainly about.
c)
A conclusion statement
d)
A full and complete sentence.
10.
What are supporting details (also known as concrete details)?
a)
Quotes, facts, examples all located within the text to help support the main idea.
b)
The author's discussion about the main idea in more depth.
c)
The author's opinion about the main idea.
d)
The reader's opinion about the main idea.
11.

an explanation for a claim that uses evidence to support it

a)

argument (n.)

b)

issue (n.)

c)

significant (adj.)

d)

purpose (n.)

12.

information or details from a source that can be used for a specific purpose

a)

evidence (n.)

b)

history (n.)

c)

issue (n.)

d)

purpose (n.)

13.

Recognizing an author's claim and finding evidence to support that claim is...

a)

Sourcing

b)

Contextualization

c)

Corroboration

d)

Close Reading

14.

Prejudice or unfair opinion toward or against one group or person, regardless of evidence

a)

Bias

b)

Discrimination

c)

Harrassment

d)

Logic

15.

Artifacts are

a)

showing information in a chronological order based on events or a story

b)

illustrations or comic strips containing a political or social message that usually relates to current events or personalities

c)

objects created by and used by humans (usually gives insight into the culture or history of the person or group of people)