Unit 0 Vocabulary

Assess

• To determine the importance or value of something
• Someone’s point of view on a topic or issue
• A source from the time period being studied

• Something that serves as proof for an argument being made

Authority

• When a source, or its creator, is reliable and able to be trusted
• When evidence confirms or supports a statement (or another piece of evidence)
• To make, form or create. Such as ‘to make a carefully crafted argument’
• To examine something in detail for the purpose of explaining or interpreting

Contradict

• When evidence conflicts with or rejects a statement (or another piece of evidence)
• To determine the importance or value of something
• Someone’s point of view on a topic or issue
• To make a judgment on the importance, value or worth of something

Compelling Question

• Based on a timeless theme, an unresolved issue or concern. They require someone to make an argument or take a stand
• When a source, or its creator, is reliable and able to be trusted
• When evidence confirms or supports a statement (or another piece of evidence)
• To make, form or create. Such as ‘to make a carefully crafted argument’

Supporting Question

• Smaller, more specific questions meant to help guide someone to answer a compelling question
• When evidence conflicts with or rejects a statement (or another piece of evidence)
• To determine the importance or value of something
• Someone’s point of view on a topic or issue

Secondary Source

• A source created by someone later or who was not at the event

• Based on a timeless theme, an unresolved issue or concern. They require someone to make an argument or take a stand
• When a source, or its creator, is reliable and able to be trusted
• When evidence confirms or supports a statement (or another piece of evidence)

Primary Source

• Source of information that comes from a first-hand account of an event or time period
• Smaller, more specific questions meant to help guide someone to answer a compelling question
• When evidence conflicts with or rejects a statement (or another piece of evidence)
• To determine the importance or value of something

Inquiry

• To question and investigate for the truth, information or knowledge
• A source that attempts to use primary sources to describe or explain an event or time period
• Based on a timeless theme, an unresolved issue or concern. They require someone to make an argument or take a stand
• When a source, or its creator, is reliable and able to be trusted

Claim

• A statement of the truth or answer. One that can be argued from different perspectives and is in need of evidence
• Source of information that comes from a first-hand account of an event or time period
• Smaller, more specific questions meant to help guide someone to answer a compelling question
• When evidence conflicts with or rejects a statement (or another piece of evidence)

Argument

• Taking a stand on a contended topic, explain one’s reasoning and provide evidence to make one’s case
• To question and investigate for the truth, information or knowledge
• A source that attempts to use primary sources to describe or explain an event or time period
• Based on a timeless theme, an unresolved issue or concern. They require someone to make an argument or take a stand