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Source detective: one disputed event
Take an event historians still argue about and decide what the evidence really supports.
90 min totalHistoryEnglish
Steps
- 1Find two sources that disagree and note who wrote each and why
- 2List what both agree on, and where they split
- 3Rate each source for usefulness and reliability, with reasons
- 4Write a verdict that admits what you still cannot know
Skills and objectives demonstrated
- Evaluate the reliability of a historical source
- Compare viewpoints across two texts