WorksheetsHistorical Thinking
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is a primary source?
Identify the author and the author’s purpose (before you read a document to determine if the source is trustworthy and believable).
Evaluate language and evidence throughout a document to support the author’s claims
a serious disagreement or argument dispute, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash
descriptions or pictures of an event by someone who actually saw or lived through that event (diary or journal entry; photograph)
What is a secondary source?
Evaluate language and evidence throughout a document to support the author’s claims.
come from people who were not present at an event (textbook; encyclopedia)
The act of thinking like a historian by utilizing historical thinking skills such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. • sourcing: Identify the author and the author’s purpose (before you read a document to determine if the source is trustworthy and believable).
descriptions or pictures of an event by someone who actually saw or lived through that event (diary or journal entry; photograph
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.
What is sourcing?
Identify the author and the author’s purpose (before you read a document to determine if the source is trustworthy and believable).
Evaluate language and evidence throughout a document to support the author’s claims.
Entails a comparison and contrast of the document with other sources to establish its accuracy and validity.
Use background knowledge to infer the meaning of the document and the setting.
What is close reading?
a serious disagreement or argument dispute, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash
Evaluate language and evidence throughout a document to support the author’s claims.
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. agreement, understanding, settlement, deal, trade-off, bargain
What is corroborating?
Entails a comparison and contrast of the document with other sources to establish its accuracy and validity.
Evaluate language and evidence throughout a document to support the author’s claims
The act of thinking like a historian by utilizing historical thinking skills such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading.
What is contextualizing?
: the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
a serious disagreement or argument dispute, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash
Use background knowledge to infer the meaning of the document and the setting.
What is conflict?
the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
seeming reasonable or probable. credible, reasonable, believable, possible, conceivable
a serious disagreement or argument dispute, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash
What is compromise?
a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. outlook, view, viewpoint, position, stand, stance
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. proof, confirmation, verification, substantiation, corroboration, affirmation
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. agreement, understanding, settlement, deal, trade-off, bargain
What is evidence?
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. agreement, understanding, settlement, deal, trade-off, bargain
a serious disagreement or argument dispute, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. proof, confirmation, verification, substantiation, corroboration, affirmation
What is bias?
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. outlook, view, viewpoint, position, stand, stance
seeming reasonable or probable. credible, reasonable, believable, possible, conceivable
What is reliability?
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. agreement, understanding, settlement, deal, trade-off, bargain
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. proof, confirmation, verification, substantiation, corroboration, affirmation
the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
What is perspective?
seeming reasonable or probable. credible, reasonable, believable, possible, conceivable
the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. outlook, view, viewpoint, position, stand, stance
What is plausible?
the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. dependability, sureness, trustworthiness
a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. outlook, view, viewpoint, position, stand, stance
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
seeming reasonable or probable. credible, reasonable, believable, possible, conceivable
