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Week 32 Texas Studies Weekly

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Article 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Historians use different forms of _ to find answers to their questions.

a)

questions

b)

answers

c)

evidence

d)

problems

2.

Article 1: Thinking Like a Historian

What question would a historian ask if they wanted to learn the date of an event?

a)

Who was at the event?

b)

How was the event organized?

c)

Where did the event take place?

d)

When did the event take place?

3.

Article 1: Thinking Like a Historian

Why do historians identify, select, analyze, and evaluate sources?

a)

to understand the past

b)

to complete school assignments

c)

to fill their free time

d)

to create evidence

4.

Article 2: Primary and Secondary Sources

What do we call sources that are made by people who do not see or experience events themselves.

a)

primary sources

b)

secondary sources

c)

historian sources

d)

experience sources

5.

Article 2: Primary and Secondary Sources

What do we call sources that are created by people who saw or experienced an event?

a)

primary sources

b)

secondary sources

c)

historian sources

d)

experience sources

6.

Article 2: Primary and Secondary Sources

You asked someone about their vacation and then wrote about it.

Which type of sources is your writing?

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

historian source

d)

experience source

7.

Article 4: How Do We Examine Sources?

By asking the question: "Why was the source made?" historians can learn more about _ .

a)

the author or creator of the source

b)

the purpose of the source

c)

the format of the source

d)

the event that took place

8.

Article 4: How Do We Examine Sources?

Why do historians analyze sources?

a)

to be confident in them

b)

because they are told they have to

c)

to complete a school assignment

d)

because they think it's fun

9.

Article 4: How Do We Examine Sources?

Which of the following questions would help a historian learn more about the format of the soure?

a)

Who is the author or creator of the source?

b)

When was the source created?

c)

Why was the source made?

d)

How was the source created?

10.

Article 5: Multiple Perspectives

What is one way the article says we can have a deeper understanding of what happened in the past?

a)

by going to a museum

b)

by writing primary sources

c)

by looking at multiple perspectices

d)

by asking historians questions

11.

Article 5: Multiple Perspectives

What does "perspective" mean, according to the way it is used in the article?

a)

what historians say

b)

way of seeing things

c)

the way we live our lives

d)

what historians collect

12.

Article 5: Multiple Perspectives

Which option has the greatest influence on someone's perspective?

a)

facts

b)

opinions

c)

culture

d)

events

13.

Article 6: Life for Children in the 1920s

In the 1920s, what did many children do instead of going to school?

a)

They worked.

b)

They were homeschooled.

c)

They were photographed.

d)

They babysat.

14.

Article 6: Life for Children in the 1920s

What was a reason some children in the 1920s did not go to school?

a)

They did not want to go to school.

b)

There were no schools for them.

c)

They did not like their teachers.

d)

There were no laws about going to school.

15.

Article 6: Life for Children in the 1920s

What was a place many children worked in the 1920s?

a)

national parks

b)

school playgrounds

c)

cotton mills

d)

home gardens