Historical Thinking Skills
What is historical thinking?
Reading Like a Historian
Sourcing: (Before reading the document)
Resources for Teaching Historical Thinking Skills
Lesson Plan: Lunchroom Fight (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Lunchrooom%20Fight.pdf)
Evaluating Sources (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/EvaluatingSources1_1.pdf)
Lesson Plan: Make Your Case (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Make%20Your%20Case!_1.pdf)
Historical Thinking Chart (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Historical%20Thinking%20Chart.pdf)
- Video: An Introduction to Historical Thinking Skills (http://teachinghistory.org/historical-thinking-intro)
- Chronological Thinking
- Historical Comprehension
- Historical Analysis and Interpretation
- Historical Research Capabilities
- Historical Issues- Analysis and Decision Making
Reading Like a Historian
Sourcing: (Before reading the document)
- Who wrote this? What is the author's point of view? Why was it written? When was it written? Is this source believable? Why or why not?
- What else was going on at the time this was written? What was it like to be alive at this time? What things were different back then? What things were the same? What would it look like to see this event through the eyes of someone who lived back then?
- What claims does the author make? What evidence does the author use to support those claims? How is this document supposed to make me feel? What words or phrases does the author use to convince me that he/she is right? What information does the author leave out?
- What do other pieces of evidence say? Am I finding the same information everywhere? Am I finding different versions of the story (if yes, why might that be?)? Where else could I look to find out about this? What pieces of evidence are most believable?
Resources for Teaching Historical Thinking Skills
Lesson Plan: Lunchroom Fight (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Lunchrooom%20Fight.pdf)
Evaluating Sources (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/EvaluatingSources1_1.pdf)
Lesson Plan: Make Your Case (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Make%20Your%20Case!_1.pdf)
Historical Thinking Chart (http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/V3LessonPlans/Historical%20Thinking%20Chart.pdf)