hist.g7.f.ex_29
Source Card Analysis
MG-7
Diagram
MG-7 SEVEN-QUESTION SOURCE CARD — primary instructional scaffold for ALL source analysis in the unit. 8.5x11 inch double-sided laminated card. Front: Seven questions with sentence-frame scaffolds. (1) WHO created this source? (Wineburg sourcing) (2) WHEN was it created and where? (Wineburg contextualization) (3) WHY was it created and for whom? (Wineburg sourcing — purpose + audience) (4) WHAT does it say + show + leave out? (Wineburg close reading) (5) WHAT do OTHER sources say? (Wineburg corroboration) (6) WHOSE living descendants connect to this source today? (NMAI 5th — present-tense protocol) (7) WHOSE GOLDEN AGE does this source name — and whose golden age does it occlude? (NEW G7-Fall 7th — Banks Level-3 transformative move; refuses single-narrative golden-age framing). Back: scaffolded sentence frames for each question.
Apply MG-7 Q1-7 to a 200-word excerpt from ibn Munqidh's Kitab al-I'tibar c. 1183 on Frankish customs. Focus on Q4 close reading + Q7 Whose Golden Age. ibn Munqidh documents NORMAL cross-cultural daily life in Outremer — refuting 'civilizational clash' framing.
- Q4: ibn Munqidh writes with humor about Frankish medicine + Frankish judicial trials.
- Q7: Whose Golden Age does ibn Munqidh name? Syrian-Muslim courtly + literary golden age.
- Reading ibn Munqidh only as criticism of Franks — he also documents friendships + cross-cultural relations