Checking Sources Against Each Other
History · Historical Thinking · meta
Corroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not
What mastery looks like
- Wineburg corroboration heuristic
- Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years (ERIC)
Check your understanding
If Checking Sources Against Each Other was trying to find out what really happened in a historical event, would they know to look at more than one source and compare what they say?