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    This document discusses sourcing historical documents. It explains that sourcing involves looking at who wrote the document, why they wrote it, where they wrote it, and whether it is reliable. Sourcing helps understand that not all sources are accurate and to determine if a source is trustworthy. It provides an example quote from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" from 1776 attempting to persuade colonists to fight for independence. The document asks questions about this quote to demonstrate sourcing, such as who wrote it and why. It also provides a hypothetical example asking which source would be more reliable in researching the Battle of Lexington and Concord - a documentary or book by an expert historian.

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    Sourcing Historical

    Documents

    What is Sourcing?
    It

    is done before you closely read the


    text of the document
    You are looking to see:
    Who wrote the document?
    Why did they write it?
    Where did they write it?
    Is it reliable? Why? Why not?

    Why do we source a
    Document?
    To

    understand that not all sources


    are accurate
    To learn how to know if a source is
    trustworthy or not
    To learn what sources give better
    evidence about a historical question
    or event than others

    Examples of Sourcing
    Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between
    England and America and the period of debate is closed.
    I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation to show a
    single advantage that this continent can reap by being connected
    with Great Britain.
    But the injuries and disadvantagesare without number; and our
    duty to mankind at large, as well as to ourselves, instruct us to
    renounce the alliance
    Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The
    blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, TIS TIME TO
    PART.
    Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776. He wrote this in an attempt
    to persuade colonist to fight for independence against Great
    Britain

    Who wrote this quote? When was it Written?


    Why did the author write this?
    Is this source reliable? Why or why not?

    Examples of Sourcing

    You are researching how the Revolutionary


    War started.

    Examples of Sourcing
    You are researching about the Battle of
    Lexington and Concord.
    1. Source 1: American the Story of Us

    documentary
    2. Source 2: A book written by an expert
    historian of the Revolutionary war.
    What source would you trust more for
    information? Why?

    Bibliography

    Appleby, J., Brinkley, A., Broussard, A., McPherson, J.,


    & Ritchie, D. (2013). Discovering our Past: A History
    of the United States. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill.
    Reading Like A Historian | Stanford History Education
    Group. (n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2015.
    Liberty Picture http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
    Movie Poster https://www.google.com/search?
    q=Patriot+movie+poster&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source
    =univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCJvhnc6BscgCFd
    Q2iAodj9sOxg&biw=1408&bih=845#imgrc=TnZ0Uq
    0K5D1yEM%3A

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