To answer this question correctly, students must select Fact 3 and explain how it might lead them to question the reliability of the account. Fact 3 reveals that the newspaper’s audience was American. It may not have reflected the views of Native Hawaiians on the issue of annexation.
Level: Proficient
Student selects the correct fact and explains how it casts doubt on the reliability of the document as evidence of how Hawaiians felt about annexation.
Level: Emergent
Student selects the correct fact but does not provide an adequate or complete explanation of how it would lead them to question the reliability of the document as evidence of how Hawaiians felt about annexation.
Level: Basic
Student does not select a correct fact or selects a correct fact but does not provide a relevant explanation.
