Historical thinking is analyzing events, objects, and primary sources while acknowledging the historical context for the expectations, feelings, and understandings at that current time.

Objects are more tangible for students to understand and see changes, compared to historical documents. Most students have seen these objects in their every day life, which makes them curious about the object to start. It is easy to relate objects to both the past and present which helps put the object in both present and past historical context and thinking.