Sourcing Reading and Asking Supporting Contextualizing Corroborating Questions What is the text? What else was going on at the Where do the multiple texts Who created it and when? historic time this source was agree and disagree? What does the text say explicitly? created? Which texts are more reliable? What claim does the author/creator What else was going on during Which are the best texts for make? this time (historic setting)? answering the compelling What evidence does the How did the historic setting question? author/creator make? influence the creation of the What is the author’s/creator’s text? perspective? 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? 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 going 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 Where do the multiple texts agree and disagree? Which texts are more reliable? Which are the best texts for answering the compelling question? Historical Investigation Resource Sheet (cont’d)