A document or record of past events created by people who were present at that time is called ____________.

_________________ means locating the document in time and place. Seeking out what other events were going on in the world that might have influenced the document.

A ________________ is written after the time period by an expert or historian and can include books, magazines, and short articles.

_______________ asks historians to consider what other sources on the event/topic say. This is done to determine where sources agree and disagree.

An autobiography is a

I am writing an essay on George Washington for my U.S. History class. I used articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia. What am I using?

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history? When we use textbooks, what are we using?

Mary is preparing to analyze Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.  BEFORE she reads the document, Mary looks at information about Martin Luther King, considers who the audience of the speech was intended to be, and what the purpose of giving the speech was.

Mary is thinking like a historian because she is demonstrating the skill of…

Sara is trying to figure out why the Black Plague spread so quickly throughout Europe.  In order to get a better picture of the reasons why, Sara decides to see what happened right before the breakout of the plague, as well as looking at a map of trade routes throughout medieval Europe and Asia.

Sara is participating in which step of historical thinking?