Why Study History and Asking Questions
Analyzing Historical Evidence
Making a Historical Claim
Evaluating Multiple Perspectives
Using Timelines
100

The study of the past which is important for understanding the future 

What is history? 

100

This type of source was created by someone who experienced the event.

What is a primary source?

100

The "E" in CER Model stands for this. 

What is evidence? 

100

This can lead to important information being left out or facts being twisted. 

What is bias? 

100

The arrangement of events, dates, and time periods from earliest occurence to most recent.

What is chronology? 

200

These are the 5Ws and 1H of history.

What is who, what, where, when, why, and how

200

A textbook is an example of this type of a source. 

What is a secondary source? 
200

An arguable statement that answers a question about a past person, place, or event is called this. 

A historical claim. 

200
The point of view of an event is being interpreted from based on prior knowledge, experiences, or worldviews. 

What is perspective? 

200

BCE stands for this. 

What is Before Common Era? 

300

Thinking about what has changed and what has remained the same relates to which historical thinking concept? 

What is Change and Continuity? 

300

These are the remains of things created by humans.

What are artifacts?

300

True or False: To make a historical claim, you may evaluate sources that are reliable and biased to determine the best evidence to use. 

What is true?  

300

This is how much you can trust a source to be consistent and accurate. 

What is reliability? 

300

Historical timelines are arranged in this way to visualize the flow of history. 

What is chronological order?

400

Looking at how past decisions or actions affect future choices relates to which historical thinking concept?

What is Turning Points?

400

Historians use these to study the past. 

What are written records, fossils, or artifacts?

400

True or False: a claim is arguable.

What is true?

400

We can get a more complete understanding of a situation and attempt to avoid bias by doing this. 

What is evaluate multiple perspectives? 

400

True or False: 0 BC is always in the middle of a timeline. 

What is false? 

500

A reason to study history is..

What is learning from the past?

What is understanding current events. 

What is recognizing patterns?

What is promote critical thinking. 

500
This type of source could be a primary or a secondary source.

What is a newspaper?

500

This means elaborating on how our evidence supports our claim by looking at the reliability of the sources. 

What is reasoning? 

500

Looking at the methods or circumstances relates to which historical thinking question?

What is "How"?

500

True or False: An event that happened 300 AD would be further to the right on a timeline than 400 AD. 

What is false?