📚 Part 1: Understanding Different Perspectives

1. What is a historical perspective?

A fact about what happened in the past

One person's viewpoint or interpretation of a historical event

A timeline of events

A photograph from the past

2. Which factors can influence someone's perspective on a historical event? (Select all that apply)

Their cultural background

Their personal experiences

The time period they lived in

Their role in society

Their age

3. What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

Primary source: _________________________________________________

Secondary source: _______________________________________________

🔍 Part 2: Source Analysis

4. For each source your group examined, complete the following information:

Source 1:

Who wrote it? _______________________________________________

When was it written? _______________________________________

What perspective does it show? ____________________________

Source 2:

Who wrote it? _______________________________________________

When was it written? _______________________________________

What perspective does it show? ____________________________

5. What evidence from the sources supports the perspective you identified?

6. What might be missing or excluded from this viewpoint?

7. After hearing from other groups, list three different perspectives on your historical event:

Perspective 1: _______________________________________________

Perspective 2: _______________________________________________

Perspective 3: _______________________________________________

8. What similarities did you notice between the different perspectives?

9. What were the main differences between the perspectives?

10. Why do you think different people see the same historical event differently?

11. Reflection: What did you learn about historical perspectives today? Write 2-3 sentences.