Why is it important to know where information for research comes from? Warm Up: Think about your answer to the following question QUIETLY NO SPIRALS

Blind Sort With your group members, group them into a logical way that makes sense for your group. Be ready to explain your groupings to the class Activity

Blind Source Answers Primary ResourcesSecondary Resources ArtHistorical Textbooks Music RecordingsBiographies DiariesPublished Stories LettersMovies of Historical Events PhotographsMaps Video and Film Sound RecordingsNewspapers InterviewsMagazines

Besides original and interpreted, what are other words you can use to describe the difference between primary and secondary resources?

Your Ideas on Primary vs Secondary 0 Needed 0 Important 0 Accurate Info 0 Historical Proof 0 Straight Forward 0 Paper Oriented 0 Physically Look At 0 Main/ Original 0 First Hand/ Written by them 0 Artistic 0 Made before technology 0 Not as Important 0 Not originally Recorded 0 Internet Based 0 Re-enactment 0 Information questionable 0 Not written by the original person 0 Not Artistic 0 Made by technology

Primary & Secondary Sources

Primary vs Secondary Sources 0 I will analyze historical sources for accuracy by examining primary and secondary sources to understand a historical events. 0 This means I will be able to justify the reason for using primary/ secondary sources when learning about a historical event.

Key Vocabulary Write down on page 7&8 0 Source 0 Primary 0 Secondary 0 First Hand 0 Second Hand

Primary vs Secondary Resources In order to study the past, historians use sources from the past…

Primary vs. Secondary 0 Original, first-hand account of an event or time period 0 Usually written or made during or close to the event or time period 0 Original, creative writing or works of art 0 Factual, not interpretive 0 Analyzes and interprets primary sources 0 Second-hand account of an historical event 0 Interprets creative work

What It Really Means Primary Secondary Firsthand Source Secondhand

Photo Activity Photo Activity Example

Telephone Activity Example :

Think/ Pair/ Share 0 Think back to the activities… 0 What is a primary source? 0 What is a secondary source? 0 What makes them different?

Examples of Primary Sources 0 Letters 0 Photographs 0 Interviews 0 With your elbow partner, identify 3 more primary sources

Examples of Secondary Sources 0 Our classroom textbook 0 Movie Reviews 0 Events in History textbooks 0 With your elbow partner, identify 3 more secondary sources

Additional Examples of Primary vs Secondary Diaries, journals, and letters Newspaper and magazine articles (factual accounts) Official Documents/ Government records (census, marriage, military) Photographs, maps, postcards, posters Recorded or transcribed speeches Interviews with participants or witnesses (e.g., The Civil Right Movement) Interviews with people who lived during a particular time (e.g., genocide in Rwanda) Songs, Plays, novels, stories Paintings, drawings, and sculptures Biographies Histories Literary Criticism Book, Art, and Theater Reviews Newspaper articles that interpret

What about Wikipedia???Wikipedia 0 Do NOT use Wikipedia as either a primary source or a secondary source in your research. 0 Use Wikipedia as a starting point for your research and as a way to locate actual Primary and Secondary sources

Thinking Maps- Bubble Map 0 Using a bubble map, what are other examples of primary sources that you see within the classroom? (think back to the opening activities to help you out)

Processing- Complete on pg 13 of your spiral In a well written paragraph, answer the following questions: 1. How does a historian come to understand the past? 2. Why is it important to use both primary and secondary sources when looking at historical events?