Help the class compare two history sources

Your task: Library-source comparison lesson

You are exploring Secondary school teacher work in a fictional case. Revise the teaching move using the student's comparison. Develop one work sample as you investigate. Your writing stays on this page unless you download it.

Supplied fictional records

Continue the Mission’s source comparison as a teaching task: Fictional accounts of a library opening: organiser diary, 1950, “the hall was crowded”; resident interview, 1990, “I remember a small group”. Neither gives a count. Attendance records are absent.

Revise the teaching move using the student's comparison.

One case, one work sample

1. Understand your role and task
2. Inspect the supplied records
3. Investigate the case

   Request both supplied checks before deciding. Each response becomes part of this same work sample.

4. Make or revise your decision

   Use the replies to choose the focus of your next draft. Keep the other open responsibilities in your note. You can revise this focus without losing your writing.

5. Complete your work sample

   Your records and investigation are already included. Revise the teaching move using the student's comparison. Add your own explanation or next question.

6. Compare and reflect

   Compare your work sample with one possible explanation. You can return to edit your work before finishing. Reflection is about what you noticed, not a score.