Place a source in its time: who wrote it, when, why, and what was happening
Grade 10 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Card A (1689): "Bill of Rights". Who made it: England's Parliament. For whom: the people of England and the new monarchs, William III and Mary II. Why: to state the rights it said James II had broken, and to limit the monarch's power. Excerpt (original spelling, as printed in C. Grant Robertson, Select Statutes, 1904, p. 77): "That the pretended Power of Suspending of Laws or the Execution of Laws by Regall Authority without consent of Parlyament is illegall." Context (what else was happening): James II had suspended laws without Parliament. In 1688 he left for France as William of Orange arrived. Limits (what this source cannot tell us): It mostly answers James II's own acts. It does not tell us how ordinary people lived. Card B (printed 1689, dated 1690): "Second Treatise of Government". Who made it: John Locke, an English thinker, at first printed without his name. For whom: English readers. Why: to argue what government is for. Excerpt (chapter II, section 6; Morley's 1884 printing, pp. 193-194): "The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions..." Context (what else was happening): Scholars now date the writing to about 1681, during the fight over who would be the next king, years before it was printed. Limits (what this source cannot tell us): It argues for an idea. It does not report what happened in 1688. Below the strip: A source's context is what else was happening when it was made. Its limits are what it cannot tell us.
Who made card A, Ari asks?
- King James II
- John Locke
- William of Orange alone
- England's Parliament
On card B, why did John Locke write, Bo asks?
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- To report the events of 1688
- To welcome William of Orange
- To list the rights James II broke
- To argue what government is for
For whom was card A made, Esme asks?
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- Readers of Locke's book
- Students in classrooms today
- England's people and its new monarchs
- The king of France and his court
When did James II become king, on Kira's strip?
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- 1681
- 1688
- 1685
- 1689
How many years passed from the Oxford meeting (1681) to the Bill of Rights (1689), Luz asks?
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- 8 years
- 4 years
- 18 years
- 3,370 years
By card A's context box, what had James II done, Milo asks?
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- Moved Parliament to Oxford for good
- Signed the Bill of Rights
- Suspended laws without Parliament
- Written the Second Treatise
By card B's context box, when do scholars think Locke wrote it, Noah asks?
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- In 1689, the year it was printed
- In 1884, when Morley reprinted it
- About 1681, years before printing
- In 1688, after William landed
By card A's limits box, what can card A not tell Pia?
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- Which power it calls illegal
- Which rights Parliament claimed
- What James II had done
- How ordinary people lived
By card B's limits box, what can card B not tell Ren?
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- What Locke thought government is for
- Locke's idea that people are equal
- That Locke wrote about liberty
- What happened in 1688
What was new in England when both cards were printed, Zee asks?
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- Locke was just starting to write
- Parliament was meeting at Oxford
- James II had just become king
- William and Mary had taken the throne