Sourcing
This technique helps historians determine the author's intent and reliability
What is Sourcing?
Detailed exploration of text.
What is Close Reading?
Compare multiple sources for facts.
What is Corroboration?
Examine the situation of events.
What is Contextualization?
Utah city hosting 2002 Winter Olympics.
What is Salt Lake City?
Document from the time being studied.
What is a primary source?
Find the author's main message.
What is close reading for?
Align different accounts into a narrative.
What does corroboration do?
Understand influences on narratives.
What does contextualization explain?
Utah became a state this year.
What is 1896?
Consider the creator's purpose and audience.
Why use sourcing?
Analyze language to interpret intent.
How is close reading used?
Find inconsistencies among records.
How is corroboration used?
Analyze event connections.
How is contextualization used?
Largest Native American tribe in Utah.
Who are the Navajo?
Offers interpretation, not firsthand account.
What is a secondary source?
Spot details that alter historical accounts.
What does close reading identify?
Decide the credibility of testimonies.
What does corroboration evaluate?
Identify recurring patterns
What does contextualization find?
Utah National park with red rock formations.
What is Arches National Park? (Or any other Utah National Park, Bryce, Canyonlands, Zion, Capital Reef).
Detect bias or perspective in a text.
How does sourcing help?
Understand context's influence on words.
Why is close reading important?
Support claims with multiple sources.
Why is corroboration crucial?
Evaluate events broadly.
Why is contextualization vital?
Led settlers to Great Salt Lake in 1847.
Who is Brigham Young?