Thinking like a Historian
Research Methods
History
maps, graphs, charts
Cause and Effect
100

What is an example of a primary source?

eye witness account

100

The research method with interviewing

Oral History

100

What does chronology mean?

timeline the order things happen

100

What is a compass used for?

to show direction on a map

100

Does the cause or the effect happen first?

cause

200

What is an example of a secondary source?

A textbook, analysis on primary sources

200

Comparative Analysis is comparing _____ or more. 

two

200

What is an example of a cause and effect relationship

Covid-19 and masks etc

200
What is the most important part of a graph or chart to look at first

The title

200

What is the consequence?

Effect
300

Is a biography about Abraham Lincoln a secondary or primary source?

secondary

300

What famous soda was invented in Texas?

Dr. Pepper

300

What does a timeline show?

order of events

300

What is one way you can use a map?

get places, see countries, see populations, etc

300

why something happened?

Cause

400

Is a World War 1 soldiers diary about his experience a primary or secondary source?

primary

400

Making sure a blog is factual and credible is...

Digital research/source evaluation

400

What is a pro of using primary sources?

first hand, etc, I decide

400

if the population is decreasing how would it look on a graph

the bar/line would be going in the down direction

400
Who is going to pass the test

everyone!

500

Is an 1870 textbook about the Revolutionary war a primary or secondary source?

secondary

500

What is a con of using a primary source?

hard to understand

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