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Critiquing Historical Sources: Bias, Propaganda, and Conflicting Accounts

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-OR-SS

7 lessons

Goal

Critique and analyze social studies sources for author point of view, historical context, propaganda, and reliability when encountering conflicting evidence.

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  1. Analyzing Point of View in Eastern Hemisphere SourcesUp next
  2. Situating Historical Sources in Their Era and ContextNot started yet
  3. Identifying Distortion, Bias, and Propaganda in Primary SourcesNot started yet
  4. Corroborating Conflicting Accounts of Major Historical EventsNot started yet
  5. Evaluating Source Relevance and Credibility Across MediaYou are here
  6. Identifying Missing Perspectives and Silences in the Historical RecordNot started yet
  7. Constructing a Historical Account From Multiple SourcesNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-or7.27Oregon Social Studies Standards · All ages

Critique and analyze information for point of view, historical context, distortion, propaganda and relevance including sources with conflicting information.