Goals for the Day

• Understand and begin to apply the historical thinking skills of Sourcing, Contextualization, Close Reading, and Corroboration.  
• Establish background knowledge about the Battle of Little Big Horn by examining multiple historical sources

Starter 1.7:  Examine closely the two paintings that portray the battle of Little Big Horn. How are they telling two versions of the same story? How are the perspectives of the paintings distinct? Use specific details from the paintings to make your points.

Review primary sources from yesterday.

Little Big Horn Context?  What do we know?

Textbook Excerpt Analysis:  The Battle of Little Big Horn

1.  Read the textbook passage several times.

2.  With a partner or solo, analyze the passage and answer the guiding questions

How do historians construct the narratives of the past?:  Historical Thinking Skills / Historical Thinking Skills Chart

Who is responsible for the Battle of Little Big Horn? 

The goal of this assignment is to think like historians:  to gather evidence from primary source documents in order to draw conclusions that answer the question.

1.  Read and annotate the Cameron Report and the Interview with Kate Bighead. Annotate with the historical thinking skills in mind.

2.  Answer the guiding questions on the handout.

HOMEWORK if you don't finish!