1. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

2.  These are actual accounts of events or the original documents  Diaries  Letters  Journals  Speeches  Interviews  Photographs  Audio and video recordings  Original literary or theatrical works  Original advertisements  Magazine and newspaper articles (written at the time of the event) WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCES?

3. EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES This is an example of a historical ad

4. EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES The Declaration of Independence is an original document

5. EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES This original map from 1142 shows Europe after the Crusades

6.  These are sources that interpret history and primary sources  Textbooks  Encyclopedias  Dictionaries  Books that interpret history  Articles that interpret history (newspaper or magazine) WHAT ARE SECONDARY SOURCES?

7. EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY SOURCES Your World History textbook is a secondary source because it interprets history and tries to be as unbiased as possible

8.  Why do you think historians use both primary and secondary sources?  What problems might occur from primary sources? QUESTIONS

9.  When we look at primary sources, we need to do something called “sourcing” which means we identify some things from the document LOOKING AT PRIMARY SOURCES

10.  The author: who wrote this primary source?  Example text: who can you identify as the author of the Mayflower Compact? SOURCING

11.  Date: When was it written?  When was the Mayflower Compact written? SOURCING

12.  Why was it written?  Why do we think the settlers wrote the Mayflower Compact? SOURCING