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Duplicate of Historical Thinking Skills Review
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__________ means to prefer or favor one person, group, thing, or point of view more than others
Analyze
Bias
Source
Perspective
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How is the work of being a historian similar to being a principal who is trying to figure out who started a fight?
There are no similarities.
Both have to gather many sources and cross-check for similarities.
Neither gets paid enough.
Both usually come to the wrong conclusion.
3
Diaries, speeches, and photographs are examples of
secondary sources
interpretation
Primary sources
continuities and change
4
A historical argument
IS
supported by information from reliable sources
won by the person who can yell the loudest
supported by opinions
made up on the spot
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A person's feelings or opinions affecting how information is remembered or told is called
bias
proximity
evaluation
corroboration
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Which of the following is a secondary source?
A journal kept by a soldier during the American Revolution
A textbook chapter on “World War II and its Famous Battles”
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speec
A photograph of an immigrant family arriving at Ellis Islan
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Of the following, which would be the most reliable source on the safety of muscle-building products?
A web site sponsored by a company that sells dietary supplements
A body-building magazine.
A health professional specializing in muscle development
A friend who enjoys weightlifting
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Historical thinking is....
not how we know but WHY we know it
not what we know but HOW we know it
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Objects made by people that tell something about their culture or way of life...
insecticide
empathy
pathos
artifact
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What is evidence?
The study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts
Something that creates proof, or disproves something else
To note or describe the similarities or differences of.
To compare in order to make differences clear.
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If you needed the most recent data on water pollution, which of the following sources would be best?
This month’s report by the Environmental Protection Agency
The print encyclopedia in your school library
A chart in your science textbook
New York Times science section article from last year
12
One weakness with advertisements is...
it has a specific agenda to make you laugh
They are just pictures
it has a specific agenda to sell you something
it gives you perspective about the time period in question
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A person who writes about or studies the past
Historian
Attorney
Nerds (Alivia, Abi, Ava)
Teacher
14
A newspaper prints an article on a current political issue. This article could be considered biased if its author..
printed the arguments of only one side
presented statistical information on the issue
formed logical conclusions based on fact
included factual information that had not been published before
15
Historical events always have a....
a single reason why it happened
cause and effect on history
a person who caused the event
beginning and an end
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What does a successful thesis statement do?
It provides the reader with the main claim of your paper.
It asks a question.
It uses quotes from the text.
It proves your point.
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A transcript of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech is considered a __________.
Secondary Source
Primary Source
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Something written or created by a person who saw an historical event
Diary
secondary source
Primary source
context clue
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Researcher who excavates historical ruins and artifacts
Astronomer
Archaeologist
Biologist
Ornithologist
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When different sources say the same thing, it most likely means the information is
Makes no difference
More believable
Less believable
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What is the act of comparing pieces of evidence to see where they agree or disagree?
Contextualization
Corroboration
Synthesis
Close Reading
22
What is the act of describing where an event took place, what led to it, and why?
Argumentation
Close Reading
Investigation
Contextualization
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Multiples perspectives _______
are original documents and objects created at the time of study
identify and answer questions about where a source came from
locate events and sources in time and space
help us get an accurate picture of the past
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What three things should your thesis contain?
Hook, Information, Thesis
Hook, Transition, Conclusion
Topic, Claim, Evidence
Topic, Transition, Evidence
25
Which source is better? Historical question:
What was slavery like in Southern Virginia?
A diary entry from a plantation owner
a book written in 2016 about slavery
An interview of a former plantation mistress
An interview of a former slave written by a black person
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True or False: An effect of one thing can become a cause for something else.
False
True
27
What signal word/phrase points out cause? As a result of studying, Sam got 100% on her test.
on her test
As a result of
test
100%
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____________ is the information that can prove your point or support your answer.
Bias
Evidence
Point of View
Significance
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Any person, place, or thing that supplies information; in history class they might be documents or pictures
Historian
Source
Context
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What skill includes the who, what, when, where, and why a document was created?
Sourcing
Contextualization
Corroboration
Argumentation
