Questioning Historical Sources
Before trusting a historical source, ask: who made this, when, and why? — the answers shape how much weight the source should carry
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When your child looks at a historical document, photograph, or account, do they ask who created it and what that person's reasons or point of view might have been?
Before trusting a historical source, ask: who made this, when, and why? — the answers shape how much weight the source should carry
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- Wineburg sourcing heuristic
- Teaching Historical Thinking Using Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
“When your child looks at a historical document, photograph, or account, do they ask who created it and what that person's reasons or point of view might have been?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Meta
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Historical Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 8–10