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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Shays' Rebellion

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry instructional activity allows students to gain a more nuanced understanding of how Americans reacted to Shays' Rebellion by analyzing a textbook account and a letter by Thomas Jefferson.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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