Grade 2 Spring History - Immigration Stories: Why Families Move, How They Journey, and How They Make Home
History · HIS G2 (D2.His.12-13.K-2; D3.1-2.K-2; CA HSS 2.1.1; TEKS 2.18.A-B) hist.g2.s.his.corroboration_family_stories

Corroborate two family-source accounts and notice that both can be true

Compare what TWO family members remember about the SAME migration event (or what a family member's memory says vs. a documented record like a ship manifest or photograph). Notice the DIFFERENCES and discuss why memory and records can both be true sources but tell different parts of the story.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
4
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Common misconceptions
  • Believing one teller must be wrong if they differ (both can be true; memories focus on different details)
  • Believing documents are always more accurate than memory (each has strengths; documents can be incomplete or wrong about meaning)
  • Believing the goal of corroboration is to pick a winner (the goal is fuller picture)

Exercise pool (2)