THE HEARING: WHO HOLDS THE ADVANTAGE
Research activity / Created by Yoav Duman

PURPOSE
Use historical evidence to explain one way an action, rule or resource affected another actor's opportunity. Distinguish what a record shows from an effect you infer. Test the explanation against a complication, a competing account and another case.

START
Open the For class route. Use your instructor's assigned main case; otherwise choose one. Choose a different country for comparison later. The outcomes are known; you are evaluating an explanation, not changing history. Plan about 55 minutes provisionally and allow extra time for careful reading. Individual assessment needs a separate browser record per student. A shared pair device produces one shared record.

COMPLETE THE FULL HEARING
1. Record a first explanation or question.
2. Read the case table and cards. Select two different supporting cards and a separate complication. Explain what the complication makes less certain. Review the full cards and source details you use.
3. Name one research target: an event or opportunity, whose, and when. Write the actor, action/rule/advantage and affected option. Optional frames are aids: replace every bracketed instruction.
4. Attempt both source-use questions. For each, record a reasoned decision about your own writing: keep, narrow a step or replace evidence. Cite a valid case ID and reconcile any board changes with your paragraph.
5. Name the uncertain link that two accounts address. State the competing account and describe different evidence you would expect under the two accounts, including whom/what and when to check.
6. Aim for a 60-85-word current explanation; 50-120 words is accepted for completion. Cite both chosen supports, address the complication and state a source limit relevant to your claim. Write a 30-45-word second-case comparison with a valid second-case card ID and a difference that tests or bounds the claim.
7. Review the full record, complete the writer confirmations and finish. Complete means required items are included; a person assesses reasoning.

SUBMIT AS ASSIGNED
PDF upload: choose Print / Save as PDF, select Save as PDF or Print to PDF in the browser dialog if available, then upload the saved PDF to Canvas.
Canvas Text Entry: choose Copy grading summary, then paste it into Canvas. If copying waits or fails, the complete read-only text is selected in the game for manual copying. The game blocks pasting INTO class answers; copying OUT for submission is available.
The .json file is a progress backup for resuming this game. Submit the readable PDF or text summary, rather than that backup. Exporting or finishing does not submit anything to a teacher.

WHAT A STRONG RESPONSE SHOWS
Precise and distinct observations; an actor-to-option connection; a claim-relevant source limit; a meaningful complication; reasons for both hearing decisions; a rival addressing the same uncertain link; evidence that distinguishes expected patterns; and a bounded second-case comparison. Political agreement, speed and changing one's mind do not determine quality.
