Primary Sources and Comparison

How do you incorporate primary sources and historical evidence into comparison activities? What sources have worked well for encouraging deeper analysis?

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  • I feel that before using primary sources to compare it is important to have students practice with less difficult sources and have a good understanding of what we want in their comparisons. The first time…

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  • I do not often do this, but I'm trying to incorporate it more. I'm doing a lesson this week where I compare Tsar Nicholas II’s Abdication Manifesto (1917) to Louis XVI’s Execution Speech (1793) . I'm doing this so that students can assess how both leaders justified their rule. I'm hoping to build the bridge on how similar it was.

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  • I do not often do this, but I'm trying to incorporate it more. I'm doing a lesson this week where I compare Tsar Nicholas II’s Abdication Manifesto (1917) to Louis XVI’s Execution Speech (1793) . I'm doing this so that students can assess how both leaders justified their rule. I'm hoping to build the bridge on how similar it was.

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