Thinking like a

Historian
South America Day 4
REMEMBER YOU HAVE
UNTIL TUESDAY
MORNING TO There’s a lot here
but it’ll be easy if
COMPLETE THESE you spread it out
☺
ASSIGNMENTS SO
TAKE YOUR TIME!
 Today’s
Question Question the source learning
target
(question),
evaluating
Evaluate the evidence it offers
evidence
Evaluate for its assertions or
statements.
will be next
time ☺
 MAKE A COPY
OF THE GOOGLE You will record all
assignment work

DOC POSTED IN from today on this

page and submit it

GOOGLE
when you are
finished.

CLASSROOM.
CNN10

This will be the first thing on your assignment page for

today ☺
1.Watch CNN10
2.Write down two new pieces of information you
learned today
3.Explain how one of them relates to your own life.
 BUT WHILE EVERYONE IS
ENTITLED TO AN OPINION, NOT
EVERY OPINION DESERVES TO BE
BELIEVED. IN HISTORY, A
PERSUASIVE OPINION IS ONE
BACKED UP BY EVIDENCE.”
SAM WINEBURG
 Vocab- In Credible- deserving of belief; trustworthy.

your notes Evidence- the basis for belief; that which constitutes proof of

(not your something.

assignment Evaluate- to study carefully and judge; assess.

page) Assertion- a declaration or statement, often without support or

write down
proof.

Propaganda- information, especially of a biased or misleading

the definition nature, used to promote or publicize a political cause or point of
view.

or draw a Speculate- to wonder or make a guess or guesses with respect

to something.
picture of
each word Skepticism- distrust or disbelief, or a general
tendency to doubt and question.
 WHAT DOES Record
your
IT MEAN TO answer on
THINK LIKE A the day’s
assignment
HISTORIAN? page
 To better be able to determine
what information is credible
or believable.

Why should To support conclusions and

statements with reliable or
you think like dependable
a historian ? information (evidence).

To better understand an event

or person in history!
WATCH THIS VIDEO
AND TRY TO WRITE https://www.yout
DOWN 4 STEPS FOR ube.com/watch?v
=q1k8rcYUmbQ
ASSESSING
RELIABILITY.
 WRITE IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK/WHEREVER YOU ARE
KEEPING YOUR NOTES THE
INFORMATION ON NEXT SLIDE.
YOU ONLY NEED TO WRITE
WHAT IS IN BOLD BUT MAKE
SURE TO READ THE REST ☺
What questions should you ask when
evaluating a source?
1. What type of document is this?
1. For a textual document: Is it a newspaper, letter, report, advertisement?
2. For an artifact: what is it made of?
3. For a video: is it propaganda, entertainment, documentary, cartoon, training, etc?

2. Who created the document?

1. Who is the author/creator/producer/company that made this source?
2. Is the author trustworthy? How can you find out?
3. When did they make it? Was it recent or a long time ago?

3. Why did they create the document?

1. Are they trying to get you to buy something, do something, support something?

4. How does the information compare to your background knowledge and other sources?
1. What do other pieces of evidence say?
2. Am I finding the same information elsewhere?
3. What is the author of the document not mentioning?
4. What perspectives are missing?
 Practice!!
Choose one of the following sources to evaluate using the questions we just
covered☺

Source 3:
Source 1: https://www.youtube.co
https://www.nationalgeo Source 2: Source 4:
m/watch?v=TJERhGzxR
graphic.org/encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.worldwildlif
K8
/south-america- /wiki/South_America e.org/places/amazon
resources/ *You do not need to
watch the whole video*