Target: synthesise multiple sources into a claim that names an unresolved counterpoint. Prepare: Cards A–E, argument weave.
- Launch · 2 min. Offer the narrow question: “How did ideas about political authority change from 1776 to 1783?”
- Model · 4 min. Draft: A states consent; C reserves state powers; D records external recognition. Then B/E complicate a claim that all people benefited equally.
- Guided reading · 5 min. Put dates/source kinds beside each sentence. Explain that the texts support an argument about declarations and institutions, not a complete social history.
- Practice route · 7 min. Choose a Day 9 route. Compose a 90–130-word paragraph, or equivalent spoken/diagram account, using three period source IDs and one bounded limitation.
- Audit · 4 min. Partner circles every universal word and dates. Repair one leap or overclaim while retaining the main argument.
- Exit · 3 min. “What more would you seek next?” Key: relevant records from people excluded from political decision-making, plus careful scholarship.