Teacher Commentary

In this lesson I explicitly teach about corroboration, but I usually wait for it to naturally occur before I name it, explain it, and connect it to our history learning goals. It is natural for students to corroborate the details as they read the various sources, so I can almost count on them doing it. I don’t think I even have to prompt it usually. With these sources, a lot of the corroboration centers on comparing statements that were made about Michael Brown’s shooting.