A BRAVE BRETON SOLDIER

Topic: Canadian History, New France

Historical Thinking Skills: Close Reading

Time Period: Pre-Confederation

Attending to the metadata of a source is a critical aspect of sourcing a document. While the ultimate purpose of sourcing is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a source in serving as evidence for a particular historical inquiry, this assessment simply assess whether or not students are able to identify the author and date of creation/publication of a source.