# Original spoken prompts · transcript-first

These short prompts can be read live or recorded locally after checking pronunciation and pace. They are **text scripts**, not claims that audio files exist. Keep the words visible and pause after each question; never make listening the only access route. Each is a teacher-created prompt, not a historical quotation.

| Day | Read aloud before source work |
|---|---|
| 1 | “A source gives us a window, not the whole street. What did this group actually say, and what would we need to ask someone else?” |
| 2 | “A public declaration and a private letter were made for different readers. Which one helps with your exact question?” |
| 3 | “A statement about equality is evidence of an idea. To know how people lived, we need more voices and records.” |
| 4 | “Four dates, four different events. Say whether each marks a declaration, adoption, ratification or recognition.” |
| 5 | “Read the new petition as a request. Tell me what it proves about its makers, then tell me what it cannot prove.” |
| 6 | “The word ‘state’ here names a government. Does this clause also tell us each person's rights? Show your reason.” |
| 7 | “The treaty records what governments agreed. Compare that with what Congress had said earlier.” |
| 8 | “A modern historian can ask sharp questions. We still need to distinguish that later account from an eyewitness source.” |
| 9 | “Make one narrow argument with dated evidence. Then show the strongest limit or missing voice.” |
| 10 | “Two new sources. Keep the petitioners' own request separate from the later account of one young person.” |

**Teacher pause:** ask “Which words are from the old document?” before repeating any phrase. The quoted source excerpts are identified in the source cards and checks; this script contains only new prose.

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