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.ContextualizationCorroborationSourcing30s
- 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.SourcingCorroborationContextualization30s
- Q3
Columbus introduced the Afro-Eurasian world to the Americas when he landed in the Caribbean in 1492. Other other European countries then sent explorers to find new land for colonization.
CorroborationSourcingContextualization30s - Q4The writers of the Declaration of Independence were influenced by the enlightenment thinkers at the time.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30s
- Q5I don’t trust this document because I did lateral reading which helped me find that this source was written by a business to promote their products instead of just to inform people.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30s
- Q6A video, journal entry and article about President Polk all say that he wanted to expand U.S. territory.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30s
- Q7This document is an excerpt from a trial and is an official document so I think it is reliable.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30s
- 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.SourcingCorroborationContextualization30s
- 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.ContextualizationSourcingCorroboration30s
- Q10
Only reading a secondary sources that talks about how brutal Genghis Kahn is does not give me the full story about the Mongols impact on history.
CorroborationSourcingContextualization30s - Q111. To determine who fired first in a battle I read multiple accounts from people on both sides of the fight.SourcingContextualizationCorroboration30s
- Q12
When I am writing I use quotes from my sources to support my claim.
Sourcing
Corroboration
Textual Evidence
Contextualization
30s - Q13
In order to make sure this article online is reliable I need to research the website.
Citing
Contextualization
Corroboration
Lateral Reading
30s - Q14
When I use evidence from texts to support my claims I always include the name, author and date of the source.
Citing
Contextualization
Lateral Reading
Corroboration
30s