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Corroborating Conflicting Accounts of Pivotal Events
Compare conflicting primary source testimonies to reconcile discrepancies and build a more accurate, balanced historical understanding.
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Historical Inquiry, Bias, and Counter-Narratives
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Critically analyze primary and secondary sources, identify bias and distortion, question dominant historical narratives, and construct multi-perspective historical explanations.
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8.29Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesUse and interpret relevant primary and secondary sources pertaining to U.S. History from multiple perspectives.
8.30Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesSynthesize information and data to construct an account of historical events that includes multiple sources and varied perspectives.
8.32Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesCritique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, bias propaganda and relevance including sources with conflicting information in order to question the dominant narratives in history.