Studying History

Who wrote this?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

What is the author's perspective?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

"the act of understanding who wrote a document, where they wrote it, and why they wrote it, for the purposes of analysis or interpretation—is integral to the work of a historian"

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

Why was it written?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

When was it written?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

Where was it written?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

" a historical thinking skill that involves connecting historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place. Without understanding the circumstances that surround and build up to a historical event, it is difficult to make sense of it.”

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

When and where was the document created?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing

What was different then? What was the same?

• close reading

• contextualization

• corroboration

• sourcing