Think Like a Historian - TEKS Resource

Considering something in its context to help in understanding it

• A) bias

• B) primary source

• C) contextualizing

• D) corroboration

What is the term for comparing information from other sources to evaluate the credibility of a source?

• A) Close reading

• B) Corroboration

• C) Point of view

• D) Frame of reference

Benjamin and Maya are discussing reading techniques. What is the opposite of skimming?

• A) Contextualizing

• B) Corroboration

• C) Close reading

• D) Bias

Imagine you're in a debate club with Ava, Ethan, and Scarlett. Each of you presents an opinion or perspective influenced by personal circumstances. What is this called?

• A) point of view

• B) sourcing

• C) historical context

• D) close read

The life experiences of an author that may have influenced his/her point of view

• A) close read

• B) sourcing

• C) corroboration

• 1) Frame of reference

The circumstances of the time in which an event occurred or in which an author lived

• A) bias

• B) historical context

• C) primary source

• D) corroboration

point of view that is personal rather than scientific

• A) corroboration

• B) secondary source

• C) bias

• D) historical context

Which document is considered a primary source?

• Textbook

• Personal diary

• Encyclopedia article

• Biography

Answer explanation

A personal diary is considered a primary source as it provides firsthand accounts and insights from the individual writing it.

What type of source is a magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s -1890’s”?

• A. Primary

• B. Secondary

If Kobe Bryant's family released a diary he had kept during his playing days, what kind of source would that diary be?

• Primary

• Secondary