Evaluating Sources Review
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- Q11. To determine who fired first in a battle I read multiple accounts from people on both sides of the fight.ContextualizationCorroborationSourcing30sEditDelete
- Q2Christopher Columbus wrote a journal in 1493 about his interactions with Native people in the Americas. Based in this information I think it is reliable.SourcingCorroborationContextualization30sEditDelete
- Q3Columbus landed on islands off the coast of America in 1492. At the time many countries were looking for a better route to get to Asia so they could trade. Also at the time African Americans and others with used as slaves.CorroborationSourcingContextualization30sEditDelete
- Q4The writers of the Declaration of Independence were influenced by the enlightenment thinkers at the time.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q5I don’t trust this document because it was written years after the event by someone who was not there at the time.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q6A video, journal entry and article about President Polk all say that he wanted to expand U.S. territory.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q7This document is an excerpt from a trial and is an official document so I think it is reliable.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q8When reading Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a woman I remember Sojourner truth was a slave who escaped to freedom. She then fought for freedom for other slaves and for women’s rights. This information help’s me understand it better.SourcingCorroborationContextualization30sEditDelete
- Q9The first thing I do when I get a document is to look at who wrote it, when it was written and try to determine why it was written.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q10Reading President Jackson’s address about Indian Removal only gives me part of the story because he was biased towards Native Americans.CorroborationSourcingContextualization30sEditDelete
- Q111. To determine who fired first in a battle I read multiple accounts from people on both sides of the fight.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30sEditDelete
- Q12
When I am writing I use quotes from my sources to support my claim.
Sourcing
Corroboration
Textual Evidence
Contextualization
30sEditDelete - Q13
In order to make sure this article online is reliable I need to research the website.
Citing
Contextualization
Corroboration
Lateral Reading
30sEditDelete