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HIS 356P U.S. in the Civil Rights Era

Activity

In-class Activity

You will be assigned to a group and given a source.

Scenario:  Your group is researching and writing about the history and controversy surrounding confederate statues at UT-Austin.

Examine the source and answer the following questions in this GoogleForm (also below):

1.  Title of the source

2.   What is the background and expertise of the person/people who wrote this source?

3.   Why was this source created?

4.   Who is the audience for this source?

5.   Is this source helpful if you were researching this topic?  Why or why not?  

6.   What type of source is this?  Is it a primary source, secondary scholarly source, or popular source?

 

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