Wednesday: Close Reading & Corroboration

Develop your ability to read sources carefully and compare multiple perspectives using medieval and Islamic sources.

Lesson Details

Time

60 min

Activities

7 items

Reading

19 sections

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Essential Question

How can careful attention to language and comparison of multiple sources help us get closer to historical truth?

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: • Analyze word choice, tone, and rhetorical strategies in primary sources • Identify what sources include AND what they leave out • Compare multiple sources on the same topic to identify agreements and disagreements • Evaluate which sources are most reliable and why

Key Vocabulary

Rhetoric: The art of persuasion through language; techniques used to convince an audience Tone: The attitude or feeling conveyed through word choice (examples: angry, celebratory, mournful, sarcastic) Omission: Something left out of a source that might be important Corroborate: To confirm or support with additional evidence from other sources Crusades: A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land (1095-1291 CE) Islamic Golden Age: Period from roughly 750-1258 CE when Islamic civilization led the world in science, medicine, philosophy, and learning

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