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Curricular Competency
Evaluate inferences about the content, origins, purposes, context, reliability, and usefulness of multiple sources from the past and present (evidence)
Elaboration
- Key questions:
- What criteria should be used to assess the reliability of a source?
- How much evidence is sufficient in order to support a conclusion?
- How much about various people, places, events, or developments can be known and how much is unknowable?
- Sample activities:
- Compare and contrast multiple accounts of the same event and evaluate their usefulness as historical sources.
- Examine what sources are available and what sources are missing and evaluate how the available evidence shapes your perspective on the people, places, events, or developments studied.
keywords
Evaluate inferences about the content, origins, purposes, context, reliability, and usefulness of multiple sources from the past and present