Unit 1 Historical Perspectives Final

1. What is a primary source?

• sources of information that are original like interviews, letters, diaries, birth certificates, newspapers
• sources that analyze or interpret an original but don't offer new evidence, such as biographies, articles, textbooks, editorials
• sources that compile data on a particular topic: encyclopedias, bibliographies, abstracts

2. What is a secondary source?

• sources of information that are original like interviews, letters, diaries, birth certificates, newspapers
• sources that analyze or interpret an original but don't offer new evidence, such as biographies, articles, textbooks, editorials
• Sources that compile data on a particular topic: encyclopedias, bibliographies, abstracts

3. What is a tertiary source?

• sources of information that are original like interviews, letters, diaries, birth certificates, newspapers
• sources that analyze or interpret an original but don't offer new evidence, such as biographies, articles, textbooks, editorials
• Sources that compile data on a particular topic: encyclopedias, bibliographies, abstracts

4. What is SOURCING when thinking like a historian?

• considering who wrote the document and why
• placing the document in time and place
• evaluating the language of a document for bias, tone, propaganda, and agenda
• finding agreement across multiple sources

5. What is CLOSE READING when thinking like a historian?

• considering who wrote the document and why
• placing the document in time and place
• evaluating the language of a document for bias, tone, propaganda, and agenda
• finding agreement across multiple sources

6. What is CONTEXTUALIZATION when thinking like a historian?

• considering who wrote the document and why
• placing the document in time and place
• evaluating the language of a document for bias, tone, propaganda, and agenda
• finding agreement across multiple sources

7. What is CORROBORATION when thinking like a historian?

• considering who wrote the document and why
• placing the document in time and place
• evaluating the language of a document for bias, tone, propaganda, and agenda
• finding agreement across multiple sources

8. What is chronology?

• Intentionally seeking to understand and reflect on different views of a historical event
• The idea that every historical development is a consequence of events that came before it & being able to explain those relationships
• To put events into the order in which they happened

9. What are multiple perspectives?

• Intentionally seeking to understand and reflect on different views of a historical event
• The idea that every historical development is a consequence of events that came before it & being able to explain those relationships
• To put events into the order in which they happened

10. What is causation?

• Intentionally seeking to understand and reflect on different views of a historical event
• The idea that every historical development is a consequence of events that came before it & being able to explain those relationships
• To put events into the order in which they happened