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Reading Like a Historian Introduction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

2.
a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

3.
a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

4.
a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

5.

Who wrote this? Why was it written?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

6.

When was the document written? Where was it written?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

7.

What do the other documents say?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

8.

Do the documents agree?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

9.

What claims does the author make?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

10.

How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

11.

History is an account of the

a)

present

b)

past

c)

future

d)

unknown

12.

Historical accounts differ depending on one's

a)

opinion

b)

gender

c)

race

d)

perspective

13.

We must _______ the reliability of each piece of evidence.

a)

accept

b)

forget

c)

question

d)

ignore

14.

A historian only needs to rely on one piece of evidence.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

These documents all agree/ disagree about . . .

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

16.

The evidence used to support the author’s claims is . . .

a)

contextualization

b)

close reading

c)

corroboration

d)

sourcing

17.

What does reliability mean?

a)

an account of the past

b)

Reading a text enough times that you can explain it to someone else and answer questions about it.

c)

Asking questions about a particular source.

d)

dependable, trustworthy, credible

18.

What does perspective mean?

a)

an account of the past

b)

point of view, one way of looking at something

c)

Asking questions about a particular source.

d)

dependable, trustworthy, credible

19.

What does plausible mean?

a)

an account of the past

b)

point of view, one way of looking at something

c)

appearing true, reasonable, or fair

d)

dependable, trustworthy, credible

20.

It is plausible that some students will get all the answers correct in this game.

a)

True

b)

False