Defining History & Sources
A chronological record of significant past events and an explanation of their causes.
What is history?
Having a gut feeling that a claim just "seems" right without needing logical analysis.
What is intuition?
The map feature that shows cardinal directions like North, South, East, and West.
What is a compass rose?
The first step to effective reading, where you look over headings and bold text before reading closely.
What is skimming?
The floor in our school building where you can find the library.
What is the 3rd floor?
Proof used by historians, including facts, objects, or signs that provide grounds for belief.
What is evidence?
Carefully thinking about a claim step-by-step to see if it makes sense.
What is logic?
The part of a map that explains what specific symbols and colors stand for.
What is a legend (or key)?
The core message or primary point that an author wants you to take away from a text.
What is the main idea?
Who are your teachers
Mr. Nuñez and Ms. Issac or Mr. Muhammad
A structured account of connected events, real or imagined, that tells a story or explains a situation.
What is a narrative?
Accepting a claim because it comes from a credible, trustworthy, or expert source.
What is authority?
Local, recognizable structures or locations used to build a mental map.
What are landmarks?
The final step to effective reading, where you ask yourself why you read the text.
What is evaluating?
who is your principle
Who is Mr. Gentile
A particular point of view or way of thinking about situations that can alter how a story is told.
What is perspective?
Gathering verified information, data, or expert testimony to decide if a claim is true.
What is evidence?
he map feature showing the ratio between distance on the map and actual distance on the ground.
What is a scale?
These two basic reading analysis questions ask about the key people involved and the action taking place.
What are "Who" and "What"?
The person in charge of disciplinary issues
The dean
Who is a person who studies history?
What is a historian
a statement
What is a claim?
A person who makes a map
cartographer
These three reading analysis questions break down the time, place, and reason behind a text.
What are "When," "Where," and "Why"?
the main goal for 9th grade global
what is to do our best and succeed