Historical Investigation Resource Sheet DIRECTIONS: As you analyze the primary source documents in your packet, complete the organizer below. COMPELLING QUESTION: What were the some of the major arguments used by each side {the supporters and the opponents} in the debates over the ratification of the US Constitution? Sourcing Reading and Asking Supporting Contextualizing Corroborating What is the text? Questions What else was going on at Where do the multiple texts Who created it and when? What does the text say the historic time this source agree and disagree? explicitly? was created? Which texts are more What claim does the What else was on reliable? author/creator make? during this time (historic Which are the best texts for What evidence does the setting)? answering the compelling author/creator make? How did the historic setting 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 DIRECTIONS: As you analyze the primary source documents in your packet, complete the organizer below. COMPELLING QUESTION: What were the some of the major arguments used by each side {the supporters and the opponents} in the debates over the ratification of the US Constitution? 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 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?
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