hist.g8.s.ex_24
Essay
MG-7
Diagram
MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contextualization); Q3 What purpose? (sourcing); Q4 What evidence supports? (close reading); Q5 What other sources corroborate? (corroboration); Q6 What is omitted? (silences); Q7 Audience? (rhetorical context); Q8 What other voices must we seek? (G7 extension); Q9 Is this Lost Cause framing? (G8-Fall extension); Q10 Is the SURVIVOR own-voice centered or marginalized? (NEW); Q11 Have we checked MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES across nationality / class / race / gender / sexuality / ability / age? (NEW); Q12 What is the PRESENT-DAY connection — what does this source mean for our civic action now? (NEW). Sentence frames + bilingual transliteration in 8 languages.
In 4-5 paragraphs apply MG-7 to Setsuko Thurlow 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture as hibakusha own-voice primary source. PAIR with multi-perspective US decision-making contextualization: Szilard petition July 17 1945 + Franck Report June 11 1945 + Stimson 1947 + Hasegawa 2005 Racing the Enemy. Connect Q12 to Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Jan 22 2021 + 9 nuclear-weapon states ~12,500 warheads today.
- Selects Thurlow 2017 specific passage
- Centers hibakusha own-voice FIRST per MG-14d
- Pairs with US decision-making contextualization (Szilard + Franck + Stimson)
- Cites Hasegawa 2005 or alternative scholarship
- Applies Q12 to TPNW 2021 + 9 nuclear states
- ≥4 sources
- Thurlow was 13 when Hiroshima was bombed; ICAN Nobel 2017.
- Szilard petition was suppressed; Truman never saw it.
- Single-perspective framing
- Forgetting scientist dissent