Analyze colonial-Indigenous relations across the 17th and 18th centuries — alliances, treaties, dispossession, and three major conflicts: the Pequot War (1636-37), King Philip's War (1675-78), and the Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)
Exercise Difficulty 5 ~8 min hist.g5.f.ex_17

Two Source Corroboration Pequot

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

Federal Founding-Era Archive Card (FOUR-PAGE form used by every child for every primary-source document analyzed in the unit). PAGE 1 SOURCING: Title of source / Author or creator / Year created / Where created / Purpose (why was this made? for whom?) / Genre (TREATY / LAW / PAMPHLET / PROCLAMATION / POEM / NARRATIVE / ENGRAVING / NEWSPAPER / SERMON / MAP / LETTER / JOURNAL — circle one). PAGE 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION: What was happening in the Atlantic World when this was made? Who held power? Who was excluded? What other events took place near this date? PAGE 3 CORROBORATION: Find at least ONE other source about the same event or person. Do the two sources agree? Disagree? On what specifically? PAGE 4 CLOSE READING: Quote one important sentence from the source. What does it actually say? PLUS NMAI FIFTH MOVE: Whose voices are present in this source? Whose are absent? What land are we standing on as we read this? Style: high-contrast form-style layout; large-print version available; sentence-frame version available; audio-narration version available.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 page 3 CORROBORATION to two primary sources on the Pequot War: William Bradford's 'Of Plimoth Plantation' AND Mashantucket Pequot Museum educator pack. Where do they agree? Where do they disagree? (≥3 sentences)

How it's presented
mode structured form prompt audio ID audio.g5f.ex 17.stem
Answer criteria
type MG7 partial
rubric
Must identify at least 1 point of agreement AND at least 1 point of disagreement with both sources cited by name
required sections
corroboration
Hints
  1. Corroboration = comparing two sources
  2. Mashantucket Pequot Museum is one of the largest Indigenous-run museums in the United States
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Bradford as neutral reportage
  • Missing the Pequot present-day perspective
Used in lessons