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WorksheetsFall Historical Thinking
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of the following are questions historians ask when determining the HISTORICAL CONTEXT of an event?
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
What and Who?
Why, Where and How?
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? all help historians to describe ...
Bias
Historical Context/ Historical Circumstances
Primary and Secondary Sources
Audience
Which of the following questions would help determine the historical context of the fall of Ancient Rome?
What were the economic conditions in Rome at the time?
Who was the first president of the United States?
What is the capital of Italy?
How many continents are there?
Summarizes or describes what is going on during a time period and helps to explain the information found in a source
Answers the questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
Audience
Author
Point of View
Historical Context/ Historical Circumstances
Firsthand evidence about a topic from a person or object that was actually there
Historical Source
Material made by a person who was not actually there when the event happened
Historical Source
Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?
Autobiography
Diary
Novel
History textbook
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
An article summarizing research findings
A fictional novel set during World War II
A textbook written by a historian
A diary written by a soldier during the American Revolution
Elena has to write an essay about Sam Houston for her Texas history class. She uses articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia. What is she using?
Primary source
Secondary source
Jill’s mom has audio recordings of her grandparents telling stories about when they were kids. Jill’s family loves to listen to these at gatherings. What are they listening to?
Primary source
Secondary source
Cindy is creating a website about WWII for her Social Studies project. She finds photographs of soldiers in her textbook. What are the photographs?
Primary source
Secondary source
Sean watched a documentary about the Civil War to help him with his homework. What is he watching?
Primary source
Secondary source
A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11
Primary
Secondary
The weaknesses or gaps in a source.
Limitation
Author
Reliability
Bias
When someone favors one side or opinion over another.
The author might present information in a way that supports their own beliefs or interests rather than being completely fair or neutral.
Limitation
Author
Reliability
Bias
How trustworthy/credible a source is.
Bias
Reliability
Limitation
Audience
The individual or group(s) who the source was meant for
Author
Audience
Purpose
Point of View
The individual or group who wrote/created the source
Author
Audience
Purpose
Point of View
The reason why the source was created
Author
Audience
Purpose
Point of View
The author’s opinion/position about the information in the source
Author
Audience
Purpose
Point of View
An educated guess or conclusion you make based on clues or evidence.
Inference
Bias
Primary Source
Reliability
Who is the AUTHOR of this source?
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Bellingham Herald
The New York Times
The United States
What TYPE OF SOURCE is this document?
Photograph
Textbook
Newspaper
Letter
Who is the AUDIENCE of the source?
The American People
Those who were attacked in Hawaii, only
The US military
The United States government, only
What is the PURPOSE of this source?
To inform about the attack that happened at Pearl Harbor and explain why the US is going to war with Japan
The newspaper wrote it because they felt like it
To describe vacation spots in Japan
To warn about a future attack that will happen soon in Hawaii
