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Madge Ledner ∙
Interpretation.
a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
whether the cost of mining will be less than the value of the mineral
A statement that weakens the main point of the author's writing.
a rescuer knocked a lantern out of a workers hand,and the ruins caught fire
Answer this question…
Primary sources may be incomplete or contradict other sources.
is created to convince others to accept the author's point of view.
one event directly triggers the other.
Answer this question… analyzes evidence to develop a better understanding of the past.
check to see if the information in the source is confirmed by other sources.
Answer this question… collect and evaluate evidence related to the event.
Answer this question… The United States was wrong to drop nuclear weapons on Japan during World War II.
An explanatory essay provides information, but an argumentative essay tries to prove a claim
A historian reads speeches by English and French leaders during World War II to differentiate between their content and tone.
leads to conclusions that do not reflect all the sources.
Begin developing a historical argument to answer the historical question
To develop a deeper understanding of the past by using sources
Wether one event was responsible for another.