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10.2 Sourcing and Authorship Worksheet

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This World History Social Studies worksheet provides structured practice on 10.2 Sourcing and Authorship. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Sourcing and Authorship: Identify which source is most useful or reliable for a historical question by evaluating author, audience, purpose, point of view, and historical situation. Aligned to FreeK12Practice Grade 10 World History Multiple-Choice-Ready Curriculum with C3, CCSS RH/WHST, APWHM, APUSH historical-thinking, NAEP USH, and selected state framework alignment 10.2 - Sourcing and Authorship: Identify which source is most useful or reliable for a historical question by evaluating author, audience, purpose, point of view, and historical situation. Corresponding standards: C3 D2.His.11-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APWHM Skill 2; APUSH Practices.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A student asks how the spread of printing changed religious debate in sixteenth-century Europe. Which source set would best support a sourcing-based investigation?

AOnly a modern textbook summary, because secondary sources remove the need to evaluate authorship

BA single church painting with no date or author, because images always show debate clearly

CA list of kings, because rulers' names prove how ideas spread

DPrinted pamphlets from opposing sides with printer, place, date, language, and intended audience identified

Solution & Explanation:The correct choice is strongest because pamphlets from opposing sides allow evaluation of authorship, audience, purpose, place, and language. Comparing the sources shows how debate circulated.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the accompanying source-card table. A historian asks which account best reveals Muslim merchant networks in the Indian Ocean around 1400. Which sourcing factor matters most?

AWhether the source card uses the longest title, because length proves accuracy

BWhether the source was printed in modern ink, because printing date replaces authorship

CThe author's connection to merchant communities, date near 1400, and purpose for describing trade routes

DWhether the account mentions Europe first, because Europe is always central to Indian Ocean trade

Solution & Explanation:The correct choice is strongest because author connection, date, purpose, and relevance matter most for this trade question. Title length and modern presentation do not establish usefulness.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Use the accompanying Berlin Wall political cartoon image. A student asks how Western newspapers framed the wall in 1961. Which sourcing detail should guide interpretation?

AThe cartoon's frame thickness, because border width reveals ideology

BThe newspaper's location, political audience, publication date, caption, and Cold War context

CWhether the drawing is funny, because humor makes a source unreliable

DWhether the wall later fell in 1989, because later events determine the cartoon's original audience

Solution & Explanation:The correct choice is strongest because publisher, audience, date, caption, and Cold War context guide interpretation. Later events and design details alone do not explain original framing.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for World History Social Studies students. It aligns with educational standard 10.2 (Identify which source is most useful or reliable for a historical question by evaluating author, audience, purpose, point of view, and historical situation. Corresponding standards: C3 D2.His.11-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6; APWHM Skill 2; APUSH Practices).