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H3. Evaluating Sources

Description:
This lesson will help students analyze the reliability of the source.

To Teachers:

• Create groups of 3-4 students.
• Give each group a worksheet.

Materials:
Worksheet Word document | PDF

Worksheet Instructions:

• Go to EASE History -- http://www.easehistory.org/
• Search on your assigned Core Values theme in EASE History. [EASE History Core Values>]
• Column 1: Select six cases that you think would be interesting to evaluate.
• Column 2: Evaluate the sources on a 1 to 7 scale. (1= unreliable, 7= very reliable).
• Column 3: Briefly explain, 1 to 2 sentences, your reliability rating of each source.

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