Checking Sources Against Each Other

HistoryHistorical ThinkingAges 8–10

Checking Sources Against Each Other

Corroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not

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Questioning Historical SourcesRequired first Vocabulary: historical thinkingRequired first Evidence-Based Writing Different Accounts of the Same Event Describing Rules & Patterns

This concept

Checking Sources Against Each OtherMeta concept

Evidence Versus Interpretation Who Really Built the Pyramids Historical Sources on Ancient Egypt

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Wineburg corroboration heuristic
Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years (ERIC)

“If your child was trying to find out what really happened in a historical event, would they know to look at more than one source and compare what they say?”

Curriculum record

Type: Meta
Subject: History
Domain: Historical Thinking
Age range: Ages 8–10