Lesson 2- Thinking Like a Historian Flashcards
Historians read historical documents at many different levels, paying focus to?
√ argument
√ purpose
√ context
√ content, and
√ credibility
The researchers who study the discipline of history place a high value on _____________
Critical Thinking Skills
The researchers who study the discipline of history place a high value on critical thinking skills
√understanding and evaluating change and continuity over time
√making appropriate historical evidence in answering questions
√ developing coherent interpretations and arguments about how and why things happened
T/F: Most historians read text of all kind with a particular set of questions in mind
T
T/F: Rather than accepting texts at face value, historians read between the lines and understand where a document came from.
True
How its origin affected its content
Quality
Whether or not it is trustworthy
Credibility
Three Historical Period
• Pre Colonial Period
•Colinal Period
• Post - Colonial Period
Pre-Colonial Period
Early Spanish Expeditions (1521-1565)
Colonial Period
• Spanish Era (1565-1898)
• American Period (1898-1946)
• Japanese Period (1941-1945)
Spanish Era
1565-1898
American Period
1898-1946
Japanese Period
1941-1945
Post-Colonial Period
• Third Republic Period (1946-1971)
• Fourth Republic Period (1971-1986)
• Fifth Republic Period (1986-Present)
Third Republic Period
1946-1971
Fourth Republic Period
1971-1986
Fifth Republic Period
1986-Present
It is essential for historians to understand their ________ (where they came from) and their _______ (why they were created)
Origin and purpose
Author may have been paid or forced to write in a way or ignore specific facts. It is often aimed at persuading the reader to agree with the author’s point of view
Bias
___________, ______, _________, and _________ information from a range of sources as evidence
Locate, compare, select, and use
The source needs to be relevant to the topic or question asked must be reliable
Conclude the usefulness of source
Something that can be proved: when an event rook place, what happens and who was involved
Fact
The perspective of a person, may believe to be true
Opinion
The purpose of an ________, is to tell how or why something happened
Explanation