History
with
Lesson Objectives
• To use bias sources to
suggest what really
happened.
Learning Ladder
L5: Use observations to
develop an account of what
might have actually
happened.
L4: Explain why their
accounts differed.
L3: Describe what each
character said about the
incident.
Hi, Chief Wiggum here,
young Bart Simpson has
been run over by Old
Man Burns. It’s a
classic case of DOA;
Driven-Over
Adolescence. As the
top cop in town, it’s
down to me to find
out what happened.
There are two types of
evidence PRIMARY and
SECONDARY.
Lucky for us, we have
two pieces of PRIMARY
evidence.
Do you know why it’s
better to have
PRIMARY evidence?
As Bart is the victim,
we’ll start with his story.
Testimony #1
Bart Simpson (Victim)
Write down Bart’s side
of the story.
He must be telling the
truth – he was the
victim after all. Am I
right?
Now it’s time for Mr
Burns’ side of the story.
Testimony #2
Montgomery Burns
(Perpetrator)
Write down Burns’ side
of the story.
That was a pretty
convincing story, and he
is the richest man in
town, surely he was
telling the truth?
They can’t both be telling
the truth, can they?
Who is telling the truth?
Write your answer in your book and explain your
reasoning
As the top cop in town, I
think we need to find out
Can
a little
you give
bit more
examples
aboutof
these
bias incharacters
these sources?
– that
should help us decide
whether they are telling
the truth.
Divide your page in half and write as many things about these
two characters as you can think of. This will help us to work
out how likely they are to tell the truth.
Can we trust either of
these guys? I don’t
think we can, so the
best thing that we can
do is look for
similarities between
their testimonies.
Make a list of the
similarities between
the testimonies.
Why are we doing this?
Using your list of
similarities, write a
report of your own
stating what you think
really happened.
What really
happened...
How accurate was your
account? Give yourself
a mark out of 10 for
accuracy (10 being the
most accurate and 1
being the least)