KNOWLEDGE / RESEARCH CLUSTER
Source literacy
A reusable research path through primary sources, institutional authority, historical sequence, changing percentages and comparison criteria for readers who want to inspect a claim rather than inherit it.
Can a reader reconstruct where the claim came from, what it actually supports and which uncertainty remains?
READING ORDER
Build the answer step by step.
The sequence is intentional, but every destination remains useful on its own.
- 01 / Method guide
How to check a source
Begin with authority, evidence, purpose, date and corroboration.
OPEN STEP → - 02 / Source entity
Library of Congress entity
Connect primary-source guidance to a public collection institution.
OPEN STEP → - 03 / History guide
How to read a timeline
Separate sequence from the much stronger claim of causation.
OPEN STEP → - 04 / Numbers guide
Why percentages mislead
Restore the denominator, baseline and percentage-point distinction.
OPEN STEP → - 05 / Reference
Knowledge glossary
Open definitions without leaving the connected learning route.
OPEN STEP →
QUESTIONS TO CARRY
Do not lose these checks.
- 01
Is the source primary for this exact question?
- 02
Which words are direct observations and which are interpretations?
- 03
Can a second independent source corroborate the important claim?
CENTRAL ENTITIES
The stable nodes inside this path.
TEST THE MODEL
Turn the reading into a decision.
The connected game checks the distinction this cluster is built to teach. No account, payment, prize or public leaderboard.
PRIMARY / OFFICIAL SOURCES
Open the starting evidence.
CONNECTED DISCOVERY
Continue beyond this learning path.
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