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5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10

History Detective

Sources, timelines and evidence

What your child practices

Primary and secondary sources, timelines and centuries, fact and opinion, claims and evidence, and judging a source by its maker, date and purpose, using early American history.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 5.H.CE.7; 5.H.CH.2 · using sources and multiple perspectives to trace and explain early American history

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is a compelling question?

    • A question no one cares about
    • A question with a one-word answer
    • A big question worth investigating, like "Was the Revolution worth it?"
    • A spelling question

  2. Question 2

    On a timeline, which comes first: 1607, 1620 or 1776?

    • 1620
    • They are the same
    • 1607
    • 1776

  3. Question 3

    What makes evidence strong?

    • It is from one person's guess
    • It is very long
    • It comes from reliable sources and supports the claim
    • It has lots of opinions

  4. Question 4

    What does a timeline show?

    • Events in the order they happened
    • Where places are
    • Who was right
    • How much things cost

  5. Question 5

    What is a claim?

    • A statement you support with evidence
    • A random guess
    • A map symbol
    • A date

  6. Question 6

    A cause is…

    • Who wrote about it
    • What happened after
    • Why something happened
    • Where it happened

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