Lesson plan
source text
A source text is a text from which information or ideas are derived. In translation, a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another language. More generally, source material or symbolic sources are objects meant to communicate information, either publicly or privately, to some person, known or unknown. Typical symbolic sources include written documents such as letters, notes, receipts, ledgers, manuscripts, reports, or public signage, etc. It also includes oral sources, based on speech instead of writing, as well as graphic art. Symbolic sources exclude, for example, bits of broken pottery or scraps of food excavated from a midden and this regardless of how much information can be extracted from an ancient trash heap, or how little can be extracted from a written document.
Article summary
A source text is a text from which information or ideas are derived. In translation, a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another language. More generally, source material or symbolic sources are objects meant to communicate information, either publicly or privately, to some person, known or unknown. Typical symbolic sources include written documents such as letters, notes, receipts, ledgers, manuscripts, reports, or public signage, etc. It also includes oral sources, based on speech instead of writing, as well as graphic art. Symbolic sources exclude, for example, bits of broken pottery or scraps of food excavated from a midden and this regardless of how much information can be extracted from an ancient trash heap, or how little can be extracted from a written document.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.