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Greco Roman Vocabulary Opener
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History
10th Grade
09/12/2022

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Audience
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the person or group of people that a message is for

 

 

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Historical Context
Definition
the events that led to a event; include the time period and larger historical trends as well as causes
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Point of view
Definition
an opinion; a claim
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Argument
Definition
an explanation for a claim that uses evidence to support it
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Author
Definition
person or group who created the source
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Bias
Definition
A strong opinion that is based more on emotion than in evidence
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Claim
Definition
an opinion supported by evidence
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Close read
Definition
the act of reading a source to identify the author's claim(s) or point of view and how they are making it
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Contextualize
Definition
the act of describing where an event took place, what led to it, and why
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Corroborate
Definition
the act of comparing pieces of evidence to see where they agree and disagree
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Enduring issue
Definition
a challenge or problem that has been debated or discussed across time
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Evidence
Definition
information or details from a source that can be use for a specific reason
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Explanation
Definition
a statement that makes something understandable. In historical argument the explanation states why the evidence supports the claim
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Limitation
Definition
something that prevents a source from being reliable
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Primary Source
Definition
Materials from the time period being studied
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Purpose
Definition
Why something is created
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Reasoning
Definition
statements that show why the evidence supports the claim
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Secondary source
Definition
sources based on primary source and the work of other authors
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Significant
Definition
Important; a significant event in history had long-lasting effects on a lot of people
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Source
Definition
the act of determining who created a document, when the document was created, when it was created and why it was created
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Source (n)
Definition
something historians use to learn about the past
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