"Writing History"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june02/history_1-28.html

Please fill out the following worksheet using complete sentences.

1. What are Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin accused of doing?

2. What examples from their history books are given as evidence of plagiarism?

3. How does Jerah Johnson define plagiarism?

4. Does Johnson believe that Ambrose and Goodwin committed plagiarism? Why or why not?

5. How does Eric Foner define plagiarism? How does this definition differ from that of Johnson's?

6. Does Foner believe that Ambrose and Goodwin committed plagiarism? Why or why not?

7. What happens to students at Harvard if they plagiarize?

8. Do you think that Ambrose and/or Goodwin committed plagiarism? Why or why not?