CONTENT STATEMENT
- Primary and secondary sources are used to examine events from multiple perspectives and to present and defend a position.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Throughout the study of history, historical documents, artifacts and other materials can be examined in terms of the perspectives or points of view they represent.
Primary and secondary sources can be studied to understand how the same event might be portrayed from different perspectives. Primary sources provide first-hand information about historical events. Secondary sources provide interpretations of events by people who were not present at the events they discuss.
In using documents, historians determine the applicability of information and separate factual information from opinion and other sources. Historians also use evidence provided by the primary and secondary sources to construct arguments that support a stated position.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Analyze primary and secondary sources to describe the different perspectives on an issue relating to a historical event in U.S. history and to present and defend a position.