Develop the skills historians use to analyze evidence, evaluate sources, identify causation, and construct historical arguments.

Write in complete sentences. Reference specific evidence where possible.

Name
Date
Score / 8

Apply historical thinking skills, causation, continuity, change, and source analysis.

Social Studies - Grade 9-12

Instructions Write in complete sentences. Reference specific evidence where possible.
  1. 1
    Five equal groups of four counters showing multiples of four.

    What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source? Give one example of each.

  2. 2
    Tile arrays showing different factor arrangements for twelve.

    What is the difference between correlation and causation in historical analysis?

  3. 3
    Seventeen counters arranged in a single row to model a prime number.

    What does it mean to evaluate the reliability of a historical source?

  4. 4
    Six equal groups of seven counters showing multiples of seven.

    Give one example of continuity and one example of change in American history between 1865 and 1920.

  5. 5
    Tile arrays showing factor pair arrangements for eighteen.

    What is historical context and why does it matter when analyzing a source?

  6. 6
    Crowded early twentieth-century factory floor with workers operating large machines.

    A photograph shows a crowded factory floor in 1910. What can you infer from this image, and what can you NOT conclude?

  7. 7
    Two bead trains divided into equal groups to model a greatest common factor.

    Why might historians reach different conclusions when analyzing the same historical evidence?

  8. 8
    Two skip-counting paths meeting at a common landing to model least common multiple.

    Choose one historical event. Describe one cause and one effect of that event.

LivePhysics™.com Social Studies - Grade 9-12