Vocabulary
What does corroboration mean?
The act of comparing pieces of evidence to see where they agree or disagree.
What does this symbol mean : ?
You have a question about what you read.
Primary sources are...
Materials from the time period being studied.
A journal entry written by Alexander Hamilton.
Primary source
Is Mrs. Brown married?
Yes!
What does reliability mean?
The usefulness of information in a source for a given purpose.
What does this symbol mean: *
Secondary sources are...
documents based on primary sources, and the work of other authors.
A textbook chapter on the War of 1812.
Secondary Source
What is Mrs. Brown's favorite book?
The Great Gatsby
What does bias mean?
A strong opinion based more on emotion than evidence.
What does circling a word mean when annotating?
The word is unfamiliar.
Geography is...
The study of places, and the relationship between people and their environment.
A newspaper article written on the day of the Baltimore Riots in 2015.
Primary source
What grade(s) does Mrs. Brown teach?
6th Grade
What does limitation mean?
Something that prevents a source from being reliable for a specific purpose.
Comments on what you have read
Point of view is...
an opinion or a claim.
A photograph of you on your first day of school.
Where is Mrs.Brown originally from?
New York
What does it mean to contextualize?
Describing where an event took place, what led to it, and why. (Finding the background information)
What does it mean to annotate?
Using symbols and comments to explain what your thoughts are while reading.
Sources are...
something historians use to learn about the past.
A biography of Michelle Obama.
Secondary source.
What is Mrs. Brown's nationality?
Puerto Rican & Dominican