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What is a primary source? What is a secondary source? Primary vs.. Secondary Resources What is a primary source? What is a secondary source?

Primary Resource Primary sources were: created during the time period being studied created at a later date by a participant in the events being studied (as in the case of memoirs) They reflect the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer.  Information from Library of Congress Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period

Examples of Primary Resources

Secondary Resource A secondary source: is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or phenomenon  at least one step removed from the event often based on primary sources 

Examples Text Books! (For the most part) Wikipedia

Let’s Look at some examples Hmmmmmmmmm what should we examine

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM8U6Txc6nc

How do you decide if the source is good? Time & Place Rule: How close to the event was it written? Bias Rule: every source is biased some way! Everyone has a perspective

How do you decide if the source is good? Library of Congress questions Hold on to these questions!

Analyzing Let’s look at the sources and decide if there are some issues with the sources we have

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