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Conflicting History Sources

Compare two accounts of the same event and identify what each source can actually support.

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Two source accounts

Source	Agrees	Differs
A	crowd before opening	protest
B	crowd before opening	celebration

Source A, a guard's report, says a large crowd gathered before the gate was opened and calls it a protest. Source B, a resident's letter, also places a crowd at the gate before it opened, but calls it a celebration.

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Which conclusion is best supported by both sources?

Every person in the crowd had the same motive.A crowd gathered before the gates were opened.

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Look for a fact both accounts state, not an interpretation only one author gives.

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Which conclusion is best supported by both sources? Source A, a guard's report, says a large crowd gathered before the gate was opened and calls it a protest. Source B, a resident's letter, also places a crowd at the gate before it opened, but calls it a celebration. Both accounts agree on two facts: there was a crowd, and it gathered before the gate opened. They disagree about why people came. So the shared fact is well supported; a single motive for everyone is not.