History·Historical Thinking·meta
Checking Sources Against Each Other
Corroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not
Suggested ages 8–10
Evidence of understanding
- Wineburg corroboration heuristic
- Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years (ERIC)
Assessment prompt
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?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.