Module 4
Chronologies and casts of characters: building the timeline, dating events, finding gaps and conflicts, and keeping track of the people
A chronology is the most useful single document in a fact investigation. It puts every known event in time order, each with its source, and from the order the case begins to make sense: causes follow effects, a witness’s account can be tested against a dated document, and the gaps show where to look. A cast of characters does the same for the people. This module explains how to build both, how to record dates so that they cannot be misread, how to use documents as anchors for the accounts of witnesses and how to find the gaps and conflicts that matter. You will use the Chronology Checker on messy entries to see the problems that a careful reader would find.
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