Like the Unions in Paterson, New Jersey assessment, this question gauges whether students can source and contextualize a document. Students must first examine an excerpt from a congressional report on the Iran-Contra Affair, then determine which facts can help them evaluate the report’s reliability. Strong responses will explain why the political affiliations of the authors (Fact 2) and a conflicting committee report (Fact 3) are reasons to question the reliability of the report.
