Historical Thinking Skills

An historian is someone who studies _____________________.

• life on earth

• human behaviour

• human culture

• the past

Which type of source comes directly from someone who experienced the event?

• primary source

• secondary source

What is the word for an object created by humans?

• oral history

• artifact

• primary source

• secondary source

______________________ is the unjustified preference for or dislike of something.

• bias

• perspective

• author

• point of view

What type of source is this?

An interview with a soldier who fought in Afghanistan about his experiences there.

• secondary source

• primary source

What type of source is this?

The Malala Yousafzai's autobiography

I am Malala.

• primary source

• secondary source

Comparing and contrasting documents would be an example of which historical thinking skill?

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroborating

• Close Reading

Identifying an author's claims, evidence, and language is an example of which historical thinking skill?

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroborating

• Close Reading

The process of investigating and taking into consideration how the author was influenced by when and where the document was produced.

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroborating

• Close Reading

The questions "Who wrote this?" "Where was it written?" "When was it written?" "What is the purpose of this document?" are examples of...

• Sourcing

• Contextualizing

• Corroborating

• Close Reading