Historical Thinking

What is a PRIMARY source?

• Magazine

• Newspaper

• Letter

• Website

Which is a SECONDARY source?

• Letters

• Original Documents

• Diaries

• Research Studies from multiple websites

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account

• Primary 
• Secondary 

Mona Lisa 

• Primary 
• Secondary

Movie about WW2

• Primary 
• Secondary

A source that comes later, second hand account

• Primary 
• Secondary

An inference is...

• text evidence + background knowledge (schema)

• making a wild guess

• summarising the text

• information you can find directly in the text

What are you looking for when a question asks you to provide textual evidence?

• a piece of writing like an article, poem, or story
• proof
• clues (proof) within the text 

What is the main idea of a reading selection?

• The supporting ideas in a text that show proof.
• What the text is mainly about.
• A conclusion statement
• A full and complete sentence.

What are supporting details (also known as concrete details)?

• Quotes, facts, examples all located within the text to help support the main idea.
• The author's discussion about the main idea in more depth.
• The author's opinion about the main idea.
• The reader's opinion about the main idea.