MODULE 1

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Across
  1. 3. — A statement that uses reasons and evidence to clarify how or why something happened.
  2. 4. — The OPVL element that identifies what a source can help researchers understand.
  3. 5. — The step that involves asking a focused question and examining what is already known.
  4. 9. — The scientific-method step in which researchers notice an interesting event, pattern, or social problem.
  5. 10. — The OPVL element that asks who created the source, when, where, and under what circumstances.
  6. 12. — The stage in which researchers use appropriate methods to collect information or data.
  7. 13. — A personal judgment or viewpoint that may be based on feelings, beliefs, or preferences.
  8. 14. — A statement or event that can be checked and demonstrated using evidence.
  9. 16. — A perspective or preference that may influence how someone presents information.
  10. 18. — A source that provides original evidence from a participant, witness, or the period being studied.
  11. 20. — A testable prediction that proposes a possible answer to the research question.
  12. 22. — A source originally created to communicate information, testimony, or a message.
  13. 23. — Information collected by researchers to answer a question or test a hypothesis.
  14. 24. — The process of examining collected data to identify patterns, relationships, or results.
Down
  1. 1. — Information used to support, challenge, or verify a historical claim.
  2. 2. — A type of data expressed through numbers, statistics, measurements, or quantities.
  3. 6. — The final step that determines whether the evidence supports or rejects the hypothesis.
  4. 7. — The OPVL element that identifies missing information, excluded perspectives, or weaknesses.
  5. 8. — The OPVL element that considers why a source was created and who its intended audience was.
  6. 11. — A type of data expressed through words, descriptions, interviews, opinions, and observations.
  7. 15. — Describes a statement that can be checked using reliable information or evidence.
  8. 17. — A four-letter method used to evaluate a source’s origin, purpose, value, and limitations.
  9. 19. — An object or record that provides information even though informing others was not its original purpose.
  10. 21. — A source that analyzes, explains, or interprets evidence created by others.