Tuesday: Sourcing & Contextualization

Master the first two historical thinking skills by analyzing primary sources from ancient Greece and Rome.

Lesson Details

Time

60 min

Activities

9 items

Reading

21 sections

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Essential Question

How do sourcing and contextualization help us understand what historical documents really tell us, and what they might be hiding?

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: • Apply sourcing questions systematically to primary sources • Explain how historical context shapes the meaning of a source • Identify potential biases based on an author's background and purpose • Analyze how the same event can be described differently by different sources

Key Vocabulary

Perspective: A particular way of viewing things based on one's experiences, beliefs, and position in society Propaganda: Information, often biased or misleading, used to promote a particular political cause or point of view Audience: The intended readers, listeners, or viewers of a source City-state: An independent city and its surrounding territory that functions as its own nation (like Athens or Sparta in ancient Greece) Democracy: A system of government where citizens vote on decisions (from Greek demos meaning "people" and kratos meaning "power")

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