1. Example #1 Inspecting where and when a document was created… Sourcing

2. Example #2 Carefully examined an author’s word choice in order to try to better understand his or her meaning… Close Reading

3. Example #3 Reading about the major events of World War II before reading the speeches of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the President of the United States during WWII) Contextualization

4. Example #4 Attempting to determine the believability of certain claims made in document. Corroboration (“Fact Checking”)

5. Example #5 Trying to infer the deeper meaning of a source… Close Reading

6. Example #6 Reading about the events in John Adam’s life before reading his personal letters. Contextualization

7. Example #7 Reading a textbook summary of medieval Europe before examining The Song of Roland… Contextualization

8. Example #8 Determining if an author has a possible bias in his or her writing… Sourcing

9. Example #9 Fact checking the date of a certain battle to make sure other sources site the same date… Corroboration

10. Example #10 Figuring out if Paul Revere’s account of the Boston Massacre is fair or not… Sourcing

11. Challenge Question #1 Question: Why did English people colonize parts of North America in the 1600s? What were they looking for? In search of gold and silver In search of a waterway to Asia Some in search of religious freedom (the Pilgrims)

12. Challenge Question #2 Question: What does the Declaration of Independence have to say about human rights? All people are created with rights that shouldn’t be taken away The Declaration names the rights of life, liberty (freedom), and the pursuit of happiness

13. Challenge Question #3 Question: What does the Declaration of Independence have to say about human rights? All people are created with rights that shouldn’t be taken away The Declaration names the rights of life, liberty (freedom), and the pursuit of happiness

14. Challenge Question #4 Question: What does the Declaration of Independence have to say about the purpose and role of government? It says that governments are formed by the peoples “consent” or agreement…governments come from the power of the people They are made to protect peoples basic rights The people have the authority to change or get rid of governments that don’t protect basic rights

15. Challenge Question #5 Question: What are the parts of the Declaration of Independence? Preamble, Arguments, Complaints against the King, Conclusion

16. Challenge Question #6 Question: Why did America’s first plan of government fail? First plan = Articles of Confederation The plan gave central government no real powers…it couldn’t tax the states, solve disputes between the states, etc. Each state acted like its own independent country (states even made separate peace treaties with foreign nations) Other countries didn’t respect or treat us well because we were not united