Identifying Distortion, Bias, and Propaganda in Primary Sources

Critiquing Historical Sources: Bias, Propaganda, and Conflicting Accounts

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Distinguish between objective evidence and intentional distortion, bias, or propaganda in historical texts, political posters, and media.

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Critiquing Historical Sources: Bias, Propaganda, and Conflicting Accounts

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-OR-SS

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

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7.27Oregon Social Studies Standards · All ages

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