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Historical Thinking skills

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

OG source

d)

best source

2.

A source that was created after an event has taken place by people who did not participate is called a

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

literature

d)

fake news

3.

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

a)

true

b)

false

4.

What kind of source is a textbook?

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

5.

What kind of source is an autobiography or memoir?

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

6.

Which term means how a person sees an event? (their point of view)

a)
values
b)
opinion
c)
perspective
d)
fact
7.

What is a historian?

a)

a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past

b)

a person who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record

c)

a person who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth

8.

The same fight looked different to the three witnesses because they each had a different ____________ of the fight.

a)
Perspective
b)
Angle
c)
Motive
d)
Opinion
9.
We are all _________________ because we study and learn history.
a)
Teachers
b)
Doctors
c)
Historians
d)
Librarians
10.

The intentional use of language to present a one sided description.

a)

Blast

b)

Bias

c)

Perspective

d)

Point of view

11.

A Wikipedia article about President Barack Obama.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

12.

You are studying September 11, 2001. Which of the following would be a secondary source?

a)

A newspaper article written on 09/11/01.

b)

A newspaper article written on 9/11/22.

c)

Transcripts from phone calls made out of the World Trade Centers on 09/11/01.

d)

Video footage of the actual attacks.

13.

What is a "Single Story"?

a)

One view or story about a person or group of people that is biased and/or stereotyped.

b)

A story about one person

14.

What are oral histories?

a)

History of Dentists

b)

Personal stories, experiences of everyday people - told through interview or storytelling

c)

Textbooks