Use this page with the short historical source dossier. A, B, C and D contain brief period words. E is a later archive interpretation. All text is available to hear read aloud; you can keep this transcript in view. Your answer can be spoken, typed, handwritten, drawn as labelled boxes, or made with AAC. Whichever route you use, include the same historical reasoning: a source ID, date or kind, the evidence, your claim, and a limit. You do not need to tell anyone your own or your family's history.
Reusable evidence card
- My question: …
- Source ID / maker / date / kind: …
- Words or fact in the card: …
- This supports the narrow claim that …
- It does not show …; another useful source would be …
| Day | Keepable learner evidence | Ask yourself before submitting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two questions for A: one answerable from A, one needing a different source; one phrase marked. | Did I answer only the one A can address? |
| 2 | A and B source-purpose notes: maker, audience, one useful claim and one limit each. | Did I make Abigail Adams represent all women? |
| 3 | Two-source historical tension using A and B, with E labelled as later interpretation. | Is “the Congress said” different from “everyone experienced”? |
| 4 | Four-event timeline: 1776 Declaration, 1777 Articles adopted, 1781 Articles fully ratified, 1783 Treaty. Add a bounded change claim. | Have I kept adoption and ratification apart? |
| 5 | Fresh Check A: source details, one defensible claim, one limit, one next source. | Did I turn a request to a king into proof of success or unanimity? |
| 6 | C claim/evidence/limit and a distinction between state powers and personal liberty. | Did I explain whose sovereignty Article II discusses? |
| 7 | Compare A (declared independence) and D (British recognition), with a limit about individual rights. | Did I claim a diplomatic treaty changed everyone's life equally? |
| 8 | A research question using E as modern commentary, A/B as period sources and one planned missing voice. | Is E a later reading, not an eyewitness? |
| 9 | A short argued paragraph or equivalent map/recording: three period source IDs, dates, a counterpoint and one limit. | Does each big claim have its own source? |
| 10 | Fresh Check B: G and H as different source kinds, a response to the “everyone gained freedom” claim, and a limit for each. | Did I keep the petitioners' request and Peter Nelson's experience distinct? |
If a source feels heavy: ask for a pause or take the equivalent source-sorting task. You may discuss the evidence without acting as any historical person. Feedback is about the source reasoning shown, not identity or disclosure.
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