REVIEW: 8 Historical Skills

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian reads an 1893 U.S. newspaper article stating that Queen Liliʻuokalani voluntarily gave up her throne to avoid violence. The historian searches the archives to see if this statement is true.

• SOURCING

• CLAIM TESTING

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CORROBORATION

• CAUSATION

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: While studying Hawaiʻi’s plantation era, a historian wonders, “How did the arrival of different immigrant groups change local food and traditions in Hawaiʻi?” He begins searching for information to help answer their question.

• SOURCING

• CLAIM TESTING

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• INQUIRY

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian studies the lyrics of “Kaulana Nā Pua,” paying attention to repeated phrases, metaphors, and the political message behind the words.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• INQUIRY

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian reads a letter written by a Native Hawaiian soldier during World War II and researches what was happening in Hawaiʻi at the time—martial law, rationing, and military occupation.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• INQUIRY

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian studying the 1976 Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana protest lists immediate reasons for the military bombing of the island and the deeper reasons which led to a loss of land, cultural suppression, and environmental damage.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• INQUIRY

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian reads three different accounts of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom—one from a U.S. diplomat, one from a Hawaiian-language newspaper, and one from a missionary’s diary—and compares them to find facts they all share.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• CORROBORATION

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian studying the lives of Native Hawaiians forced to leave their homes for resort development in Waikīkī tries to understand what it might have felt like, using interviews and photographs from the time, without judging by today’s values.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• CORROBORATION

IDENTIFY WHICH HISTORICAL SKILL IS BEING USED: A historian reads a letter written by a Native Hawaiian soldier during World War II and researches what was happening in Hawaiʻi at the time—martial law, rationing, and military occupation.

• CLOSE READING

• HISTORICAL EMPATHY

• CONTEXTUALIZATION

• CAUSATION

• CORROBORATION