Essays

Interpretation.

a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.

Two key terms are Historiography and Interpretation. Both relate to the idea that there are different ways to interpret historical events and some historians believe in different interpretations and belong to differing schools of thought.

whether the cost of mining will be less than the value of the mineral

A statement that weakens the main point of the author's writing.

a rescuer knocked a lantern out of a workers hand,and the ruins caught fire

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Primary sources may be incomplete or contradict other sources.

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is created to convince others to accept the author's point of view.

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one event directly triggers the other.

Answer this question… analyzes evidence to develop a better understanding of the past.

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check to see if the information in the source is confirmed by other sources.

Answer this question… collect and evaluate evidence related to the event.

Answer this question… The United States was wrong to drop nuclear weapons on Japan during World War II.

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An explanatory essay provides information, but an argumentative essay tries to prove a claim

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A historian reads speeches by English and French leaders during World War II to differentiate between their content and tone.

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leads to conclusions that do not reflect all the sources.

occurred at the same time but did not influence each other.

Begin developing a historical argument to answer the historical question

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shows readers that a writer has considered other possible arguments.

To develop a deeper understanding of the past by using sources

Wether one event was responsible for another.