Week 6: Quiz – Research Symposium

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Week 6 — Research Symposium

Synthesis and Independent Scholarship

Let’s see what we remember from this week! Read each question aloud and talk through the answers together.

Correct answers are shown in bold color. Use this as a conversation starter, not a test.

Question 1

What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source in historical research?

○ Primary sources are more reliable; secondary sources are less reliable
✓ Primary sources are original documents or firsthand accounts; secondary sources are analyses or summaries of primary sources
○ Primary sources are about golf; secondary sources are about other topics

Question 2

What makes a historical argument persuasive?

○ Having the most facts
✓ Having a clear claim supported by specific evidence, with acknowledgment of the strongest counterargument
○ Agreeing with what the textbook says

Question 3

What does it mean to place a historical event ‘in context’?

○ Memorizing the exact date it happened
✓ Understanding how the event connects to the broader social, economic, and political forces of its time
○ Looking it up on Wikipedia