Historical Thinking Skills

Which of the following are questions historians ask when determining the HISTORICAL CONTEXT of an event?

• Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

• What and Who?

• Why, Where and How?

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? all help historians to describe ...

• Bias

• Historical Context/ Historical Circumstances

• Primary and Secondary Sources

• Audience

Which of the following questions would help determine the historical context of the fall of Ancient Rome?

• What were the economic conditions in Rome at the time?

• Who was the first president of the United States?

• What is the capital of Italy?

• How many continents are there?

• Summarizes or describes what is going on during a time period and helps to explain the information found in a source
  

• Answers the questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How

• Audience

• Author

• Point of View

• Historical Context/ Historical Circumstances

• Firsthand evidence about a topic from a person or object that was actually there

• Historical Source

• Primary source
• Secondary source

• Material made by a person who was not actually there when the event happened

• Historical Source

• Primary source
• Secondary source

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• Autobiography

• Diary

• Novel

• History textbook

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• An article summarizing research findings

• A fictional novel set during World War II

• A textbook written by a historian

• A diary written by a soldier during the American Revolution

Elena has to write an essay about Sam Houston for her Texas history class. She uses articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia. What is she using?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

Jill’s mom has audio recordings of her grandparents telling stories about when they were kids. Jill’s family loves to listen to these at gatherings. What are they listening to?

• Primary source

• Secondary source