Knowledge/Skill Building

🗂️ Source Reliability Sorting

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Content Expertise CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7 VA:Cn10.1.IIa CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9 Submission Required

Students examine a mixed set of WWI letters, recruitment posters, government speeches, casualty tables, and textbook excerpts and sort them by source type, perspective, and likely reliability limits. In pairs, they annotate where bias, missing context, or intended audience may shape interpretation. The activity ends with a brief comparison of which source combinations best reveal effects on soldiers and civilians.

Plan day
Day 28
Duration
55 min
Grouping
Pair
Steps