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Thinking Like a Historian

Terms in this set (15)

Contextualization
When a historian investigates an event that took place in the past, they often consider larger events taking place at the same time, and around their event, that might have had an impact.
Continuity and Change
When investigating the past, a historian might consider what things have changed, and what things have remained the same over time.
Cause and Effect
When examining a historical event, a historian may want to determine what caused the event, and what effect it had.
Compare and Contrast
When investigating the past, a historian might examine the similarities and differences between two or more historical events.
Source Analysis
When a historian studies sources of information, to think critically about their reliability, and to combine what they've learned from many different sources into an accurate picture of the past.
Primary Source
Sources that were created by the event or subject you're studying.
Secondary Source
Sources that were produced long after the event sometimes told from the teacher or someone that learned it from someone else.
Which historical thinking skill is repressented by the following example?

A historian identifies the political and economic differences between the North and South before the Civil War.
Continuity and Change
Which historical thinking skill is repressented by the following example?

A historian studies the many events that occurred during westward expansion to better understand the lives of Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Compare and Contrast
Which historical thinking skill is repressented by the following example?

A historian looks into the ways in which the lives of women improved, and remained the same, before and after the Industrial Revolution.
Contextualization
Which historical thinking skill is repressented by the following example?

A historian investigates the sinking of the Titanic to try and understand why it sank, and how the sinking changed meritime laws in 1912.
Cause and effect
Which historical thinking skill is repressented by the following example?

A historian identifies the similarites and differences between the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Compare and Contrast
What type of source is it?

A photograph of President Lincoln.
Primary Source
What type of source is it?

A history textbook.
Secondary Sources
What type of source is it?

A documentary.
Secondary Sources
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