S.S evalutating sources Q&A
Historical Question: Who was present at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence?
Source 1: Hollywood movie about the American Revolution made 2001.
Source 2: Book written by a famous historian who is an expert on the
American Revolution, published in 1999. - (correct answer)Source 2: Historians base
their accounts on multiple primary and
secondary documents and extensive research. Hollywood
films have no standards for historical accuracy.
2. Historical Question: What was slavery like in South Carolina?
Source 1: Interview with former slave in 1936. The interviewer is a black
man collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project.
Source 2: Interview with former slave in 1936. The interviewer is a white
woman collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project. - (correct
answer)Audience shapes the stories we tell. We can imagine that
even in 1936, a former slave would be wary of criticizing
slavery to a white government official. That is not to say
that Source 1 is necessarily accurate; we can imagine a
former slave might exaggerate accounts or possibly not
remember details so well. Of the two sources, however,
Source 1 will probably be more trustworthy.
3. Historical Question: What was the layout of the Nazi concentration camp
Auschwitz?
Source 1: Interview with 80 year-old Holocaust survivor in 1985.
Source 2: Map of concentration camp found in Nazi files. - (correct answer)Source 2:
Human memory is notoriously unreliable. A map of a
Historical Question: Who was present at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence?
Source 1: Hollywood movie about the American Revolution made 2001.
Source 2: Book written by a famous historian who is an expert on the
American Revolution, published in 1999. - (correct answer)Source 2: Historians base
their accounts on multiple primary and
secondary documents and extensive research. Hollywood
films have no standards for historical accuracy.
2. Historical Question: What was slavery like in South Carolina?
Source 1: Interview with former slave in 1936. The interviewer is a black
man collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project.
Source 2: Interview with former slave in 1936. The interviewer is a white
woman collecting oral histories for the Federal Writers' Project. - (correct
answer)Audience shapes the stories we tell. We can imagine that
even in 1936, a former slave would be wary of criticizing
slavery to a white government official. That is not to say
that Source 1 is necessarily accurate; we can imagine a
former slave might exaggerate accounts or possibly not
remember details so well. Of the two sources, however,
Source 1 will probably be more trustworthy.
3. Historical Question: What was the layout of the Nazi concentration camp
Auschwitz?
Source 1: Interview with 80 year-old Holocaust survivor in 1985.
Source 2: Map of concentration camp found in Nazi files. - (correct answer)Source 2:
Human memory is notoriously unreliable. A map of a
