Social Studies Unit 1 Vocab

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corroborate

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when you find evidence from one perspective that supports evidence from another perspective

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interest

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Who has an interest in one person getting in trouble instead of another?

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location

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Who was standing where?  Could they see the whole event?

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time

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Do stories change over time? How might what we remember right after the event differ from what we remember a week later?  Does time make the way someone remembers something more or less trustworthy?

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evidence

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what kinds might have an effect on what you believe? (bruises, missing objects, etc.)

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plausibility

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(e.g., issues of exaggeration and how the stories fit into what is known about the students’ prior histories).  Is the story believable? Trustworthy?

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context

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information that helps you better understand evidence