Review-Historical Thinking & Skills Objective: Understand historical thinking and skills.

Team Name Must be school appropriate. Each group will have 30 seconds to choose a team name.

Directions Each group will have a dry erase board, dry erase marker, and a tissue. Each group will have 30 seconds to answer the question. Each group has the opportunity to earn a point each round. Lights On=Work Together to Answer Question Lights Off=A group member will hold the dry erase board up for the teacher to check and all talking stops.

Vocab. original records of the event under investigation; a document which describes an event by its witnesses or first recorders

Primary Source

Question In which situation would a historian need to use secondary sources? A. when explaining battlefield decisions of World War I generals B. when researching different interpretations of World War I C. when trying to understand the personal experiences of World War I soldiers D. when studying the private lives of World War I leaders

B.

Vocab. one sided information used to guide readers to a particular conclusion

Propaganda

Question In a research paper, a statement (written or spoken) of belief that intends to offer a basic explanation of something is called the A. bias B. support C. credibility D. thesis

Thesis

Vocab. to prove wrong by evidence or argument

Refute

Question “The percentage of eligible voters who voted in the most recent election is down 4 percent,” reported Ethel Goetz, of the National Voting Commission. The statement above A. is based on emotion rather than facts B. is from a source identified as an expert on the subject C. contains opinions that are not supported by data D. contains information that cannot be verified as true or false

B.

Question What term is used to refer to an oversimplified generalization about an entire group of people without regard for individual difference? A. stereotype B. logical C. credible D. reliable

A.