Thinking About Your Sources
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This document outlines the SCCCR method for analyzing historical sources which involves sourcing, contextualization, corroboration, and close reading. Sourcing involves identifying who created the document, when it was created, and its purpose or argument. Contextualization considers the events happening when the document was made and how those events may have influenced its creation. Corroboration looks at other texts from the same time to see if they support or complicate the document's claims. Close reading examines the creator's choices in making the document.
Thinking About Your Sources
- 1. Thinking About Your Sources Adapted from Historical Thinking Matters (http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/)
- 3. SCCCR •Sourcing • Who made it? When? • What was it made for? • What is its argument? •Contextualization •Corroboration •Close reading
- 4. SCCCR •Sourcing •Contextualization • What was going on when the document appeared? • How did those events affect its creation? •Corroboration •Close reading
- 5. SCCCR •Sourcing •Contextualization •Corroboration • What other texts appeared at the same time? • How do they support or complicate this document? • What do the disagreements or agreements tell us? •Close reading
- 6. SCCCR •Sourcing •Contextualization •Corroboration •Close reading •What choices did the creator of the document make?