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How to Build a Two-Column Montezuma Note
This field note is part of the FOBA learning stream. It is meant to orient readers and point toward better source work.
Key points
- Column one is name context: Moctezuma II, Mexica/Aztec history, Tenochtitlan, spellings, and public memory.
- Column two is local evidence: Georgia records, Flint River context, town incorporation, newspapers, maps, rail, depot, and flood memory.
- The point is not to keep the topics apart forever. The point is to prevent one column from pretending to prove the other.
Next steps
- Put every source in the correct column before drafting.
- Write what the source supports and what it does not support.
- Use Fact Check if a sentence tries to jump from name context to settlement, ancestry, or identity.