MODULE 1

3. — A statement that uses reasons and evidence to clarify how or why something happened.
4. — The OPVL element that identifies what a source can help researchers understand.
5. — The step that involves asking a focused question and examining what is already known.
9. — The scientific-method step in which researchers notice an interesting event, pattern, or social problem.
10. — The OPVL element that asks who created the source, when, where, and under what circumstances.
12. — The stage in which researchers use appropriate methods to collect information or data.
13. — A personal judgment or viewpoint that may be based on feelings, beliefs, or preferences.
14. — A statement or event that can be checked and demonstrated using evidence.
16. — A perspective or preference that may influence how someone presents information.
18. — A source that provides original evidence from a participant, witness, or the period being studied.
20. — A testable prediction that proposes a possible answer to the research question.
22. — A source originally created to communicate information, testimony, or a message.
23. — Information collected by researchers to answer a question or test a hypothesis.
24. — The process of examining collected data to identify patterns, relationships, or results.

1. — Information used to support, challenge, or verify a historical claim.
2. — A type of data expressed through numbers, statistics, measurements, or quantities.
6. — The final step that determines whether the evidence supports or rejects the hypothesis.
7. — The OPVL element that identifies missing information, excluded perspectives, or weaknesses.
8. — The OPVL element that considers why a source was created and who its intended audience was.
11. — A type of data expressed through words, descriptions, interviews, opinions, and observations.
15. — Describes a statement that can be checked using reliable information or evidence.
17. — A four-letter method used to evaluate a source’s origin, purpose, value, and limitations.
19. — An object or record that provides information even though informing others was not its original purpose.
21. — A source that analyzes, explains, or interprets evidence created by others.