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Ivy Waters International Standards · G6.C-01

Historiography & Source Verification

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G6.C-01Ages 11–12 · Grade 6 · Good Citizenship/Humanities

Historiography & Source Verification

Societies & Systems (Humanities)

Your child can evaluate historical data using basic source analysis, identifying if an account is potentially biased based on who wrote it and when.

In real life

At a historical site, your child compares the plaque's triumphant version of events with what your guidebook says and asks the sharpest question in history class: "Who wrote this one, the winners?"

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