Historical Thinking

Which is an example of a Primary Source?

• A Hollywood Movie

• A Textbook

• Artifact

• Dictionary

Which is an example of a Secondary Source?

• An interview with George Washington

• The Declaration of Independence

• Photograph

• A book written way after the event

A source that was created during the event or by someone who was at the event is a what type of source?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Good

A source that was created by someone who was not at the event is called a what type of source?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Good

An object or tool that tells us about the past is a....

• Idea

• Map

• Artifact

• Source

Reliable

• Something you can trust

• something you cannot trust

• An old object from the past

• A document

Source

• Background infromation

• Something you get money from

• Something you get information from

• Something you can trust

Perspective

• Money

• The point of view of the source.

• Something to do with art

• Old objects from the past

Bias

• Old object from the past

• Point of View

• being neutral

• Having favoritism towards one side

Context

• Old artifacts from the past

• Background information that helps you understand better

• Favoriting one side or the other

• Point of View