Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Albert Parsons Sac

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students read six different sources that provide insight into what happened at Haymarket Square on the day of the riot in 1886, and the nature of Albert Parson's anarchistic beliefs. Students engage in a structured academic controversy in order to determine whether Parsons was a dangerous man. Requires free registration to access resources.