WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT MIGHT THIS PICTURE SYMBOLIZE/REPRESENT? WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT MIGHT THIS PICTURE SYMBOLIZE/REPRESENT?

List as many details as you can from this portion of the source.

What does this picture represent? How many details can you find to support your claim? What does this picture represent? How many details can you find to support your claim?

What do you notice? What do you think is happening with the characters in this picture? Does this image contrast with another image we’ve looked at? Explain. What do you notice? What do you think is happening with the characters in this picture? Does this image contrast with another image we’ve looked at? Explain.

Hmmm… This is different. What do you see? What might this be? Hmmm… This is different. What do you see? What might this be?

Oh, yeah…ride ‘em cowboy! What details do you notice? What question do you have about this portion of the source? Oh, yeah…ride ‘em cowboy! What details do you notice? What question do you have about this portion of the source?

What clues do these words provide as to the type of source we are viewing? What guess can you make about the place that this source depicts? What clues do these words provide as to the type of source we are viewing? What guess can you make about the place that this source depicts?

Historical Thinking Sourcing/Decide What You’re Looking At What kind of document is this? Who is the audience? Does that tell us anything about who the author might be? Contextualization When and where was the document created? What was different then? What was the same? Corroboration What other documents could we look at to find out if this source is reliable? What bias is inherent in this source? Close Reading What claim is being made? What symbols and evidence are used to substantiate the claim? What tone is present? How do you know? Sourcing/Decide What You’re Looking At What kind of document is this? Who is the audience? Does that tell us anything about who the author might be? Contextualization When and where was the document created? What was different then? What was the same? Corroboration What other documents could we look at to find out if this source is reliable? What bias is inherent in this source? Close Reading What claim is being made? What symbols and evidence are used to substantiate the claim? What tone is present? How do you know?

Thinking Like a Historian is NOT A single answer A multiple choice question Presentism (applying today’s values to judge the past) Based on one publisher’s ideas Always based on the dominant metanarrative (mainstream story from the “winner’s” point of view) EASY!

What is historical thinking? Analyzing primary and secondary sources closely; Developing habits of mind like sourcing, contextualization, corroboration, and close reading; Searching out and valuing multiple perspectives; Supporting a position/claim with evidence and reasoning.

How does historical thinking support the goals of social studies?