Historical Investigation Resource Sheet DIRECTIONS: As you analyze the primary source documents in your packet, complete the organizer below. COMPELLING QUESTION: How do political, social and economic forces influence migration to the United States? Sourcing Close Reading and Asking Supporting Contextualizing Corroborating Questions What is the text? What else was going on at the Where do the multiple texts What does the text say explicitly? Who created it and when? historic time this source was agree and disagree? What claim does the author/creator created? Which texts are more reliable? make? What else was going on during are the best texts for What evidence does the this time (historic setting)? answering the compelling author/creator make? How did the historic setting question? What is the author’s/creator’s influence the creation of the perspective? text? What is its purpose? Does this text seem credible? Why or why not? Historical Investigation Resource Sheet (cont’d)
Historical Investigation Resource Sheet DIRECTIONS: As you analyze the primary source documents in your packet, complete the organizer below. COMPELLING QUESTION: How do political, social and economic forces influence migration to the United States? 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 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? are the best texts for answering the compelling question? Historical Investigation Resource Sheet (cont’d)
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