Q3 Historical Thinking Skills

A first-hand account of someone who experienced the event at the time it happened is a...

• primary source

• secondary source

A document created about an event, but not experienced by the person themselves is a...

• primary source

• secondary source

A history textbook is an example of a

• primary source

• secondary source

An audio of Martin Luther King Jr's speech, "I Have a Dream," is an example of a

• primary source

• secondary source

Which of these sources is more credible?

• A movie made about the Declaration of Independence in 2001

• A book written by a famous historian who is an expert on the American Revolution, published in 1999.

Comparing two or more sources in order to see if evidence agrees or disagrees with each other is an example of...

• credibility

• author's purpose

• corroboration

• source information

Which historical thinking skill shows the reason why an author writes something?

• author's point of view

• author's purpose

• author's notes

• author's diary

What is a synonym for credible?

• lies

• dishonest

• unbelievable

• believable

The following questions represent which Historical Thinking skill?

What do other documents say? Do the documents agree?

• corroboration

• credibility

• author's point of view

A person that studies the past

• primary

• historian

• engineer

• ancient