Introducing the 1641 Depositions as Evidence

How do you make sense of contrasting accounts of historical events? What makes one source more reliable than another? In this lesson students are exposed to how witness accounts can be unreliable by becoming witnesses to an event themselves. They are then introduced to the depositions as a source of historical evidence.

Classroom set up: designed for a 40 minute class, group work, data projector needed to watch videos, no student computers needed.
Team set up happens here and is described in the lesson roadmap.

If you wish to know more about the history of the 1641 depositions please see this short article.