Public learning track
Critical Historical Thinking: Bias, Evidence, and Missing Voices
4th Grade · Social-studies · US-WI-SS
7 lessons
Goal
Critically analyze historical sources by detecting bias, cross-checking evidence across multiple viewpoints, and identifying voices left out of the historical record.
7 lessons
0 of 7 done
- 1Understanding Bias and One-Sided Historical AccountsUp nextStart
- 2How an Author's Social Role Shapes Their View of EventsPremiumNot started yet
- 3Corroborating Evidence Across Different Points of ViewNot started yet
- 4Identifying Missing Perspectives in Historical RecordsNot started yet
- 5Analyzing Wisconsin Conservationist Aldo Leopold's Point of ViewNot started yet
- 6Comparing Past Points of View With Modern ViewpointsNot started yet
- 7Evaluating Historical Claims by Weighing Multiple PerspectivesNot started yet
Standards Covered
- Hist4.dWisconsin Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 4 (target) · Grade 4Point of view (POV)
- SS.Hist4.c.hWisconsin Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 4 (target) · Grade 4Analyze the intended purpose of a specific primary or secondary source.
- SS.Hist4.b.hWisconsin Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 4 (target) · Grade 4Analyze how the intended audience influences a primary or secondary source.
- SS.Hist4.c.mWisconsin Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 4 (target) · Grade 4Explain the significance of the intended purpose of a specific primary or secondary source.
Curriculum Framework
4th Grade · Social-studies · US-WI-SS
1
8 lessons
Creating Personal and Family Primary Sources
Create primary sources such as journals, timelines, oral histories, and artifact records to document personal experiences and family traditions.
2
7 lessons
Documenting Community History and Building an Archive
Record local events, landmarks, and eyewitness perspectives through varied media, and curate them into a primary source archive.
3
6 lessons
Four Core Purposes of Historical Sources: Inform, Persuade, Record, and Entertain
Introduce the four primary reasons historical texts and records are created and learn how to identify creator intent using structural clues.
4
9 lessons
Analyzing Purpose and Perspective Across Primary and Secondary Sources
Examine the specific purposes and perspectives of diverse primary and secondary sources, including complex cases with multiple purposes.
5
6 lessons
Analyzing Historical Purpose in Early America
Explain the significance of author's purpose and analyze how purpose shaped key foundational texts and media from the American Revolutionary era.
6
9 lessons
Analyzing Historical Purpose in Wisconsin History
Analyze the purpose of diverse historical records from Wisconsin's settlement and statehood, evaluating how purpose influences what authors include, omit, and emphasize.
7
8 lessons
Foundations of Historical Audience: Private and Public Sources
Learn how to determine whether historical documents were created for private or public audiences using foundational primary source examples.
8
7 lessons
Investigating Historical Audiences in Diverse Sources
Analyze intended audiences across specialized cultural, reform, and technical sources, and compare how audience shapes an author's tone and message.
9
7 lessons
Audience and Tone in Historical Speeches and Writings
Examine how historical figures tailored their tone, language, and content to reach specific readers and listeners in speeches, letters, and publications.
10
8 lessons
Analyzing Audience in Media, Persuasion, and Historical Evidence
Evaluate how audience shapes diverse media formats, persuasive campaigns, and oral traditions, and practice analyzing author assumptions and adapting messages.
11
9 lessons
Understanding Point of View in History
Learn how an author's perspective shapes historical accounts and compare contrasting viewpoints across key moments in American history.
12
7 lessons
Critical Historical Thinking: Bias, Evidence, and Missing Voices
Critically analyze historical sources by detecting bias, cross-checking evidence across multiple viewpoints, and identifying voices left out of the historical record.