Historical Investigation Resource Sheet {cont’d} Sourcing Close Reading and Asking Supporting Contextualizing Corroborating What is the text? Questions What else was on at do the multiple texts Who created it and when? What does the text say the historic time this agree and disagree? explicitly? source was created? Which texts are more What claim does the What else was going on reliable? author/creator make? during this time (historic Which are the best texts What evidence does the setting)? for answering the author/creator make? How did the historic setting compelling question? What is the author’s/creator’s influence the creation of perspective? the text? What is its purpose? Does this text seem credible? Why or why not?
Historical Investigation Resource Sheet {cont’d} Sourcing What is the text? Who created it and when? Close Reading and Asking Supporting Questions What does the text say explicitly? What claim does the author/creator make? What evidence does the author/creator make? What is the author’s/creator’s perspective? What is its purpose? Does this text seem credible? Why or why not? Contextualizing What else was on at the historic time this source was created? What else was going on during this time (historic setting)? How did the historic setting influence the creation of the text? Corroborating do the multiple texts agree and disagree? Which texts are more reliable? Which are the best texts for answering the compelling question?