Lesson 2 - Thinking Like a Historian Flashcards
What do historians pay focus to when reading historical documents?
- argument
- purpose
- context
- content
- credibility
What do researchers who study the discipline of history place a high value on?
critical thinking skills
How do historians figure what happened in the past?
- 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
How do most historians read texts of all kinds?
with a particular set of questions in mind
Rather than accepting texts at face value, what do historians do?
- read between the lines and understand where a document came from
- QUALITY (how its origins affected its content)
- CREDIBILITY (whether or not it is trustworthy)
What are the four (4) other historical skills?
- Comprehension: Chronology, terms, and concepts
- Analysis and use of sources
- Research
- Explanation and Communication
organize events in the order they happened
chronology
useful way to visually represent the scope of the time, as well as the order of events
timeline
Pre-Colonial Period
Early Spanish Expeditions (1521-1565)
Colonial Period
- 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)
When ordering time BC, remember to count
backward from 1
When ordering time AD remember to count
forwards from 1
BC
before Christ
AD
Anno Domini
Anno Domini meaning
in the year of the Lord
Four (4) Steps of Analyzing and Using of Sources
- Identify the origin and purpose of primary and secondary sources
- Locate, compare, select, and use information from a range of sources as evidence
- Conclude the usefulness of sources
- Separating fact from opinion