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Primary and Secondary Sources

Primary and Secondary Sources. Primary Sources Definition.

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Primary and Secondary Sources

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  1. Primary and Secondary Sources

  2. Primary Sources Definition • Primary sources provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring.

  3. Secondary Sources Definition Secondary sources are materials that interpret, assign value to, conjecture upon, and draw conclusions about the events reported in primary sources.

  4. Primary or Secondary? Why?

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  11. Are primary sources more reliable sources? Why or why not?

  12. Consider the Following... Imagine you are the principal of a school and you just found out that there was a fight in the lunchroom during lunch. You’ve asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what they saw and who they think started the fight. Unfortunately, you have received many conflicting accounts about who started the fight, who was involved, and when the fight started. NO ONE is just plain lying.

  13. Consider the Following: • If no one is “plain lying” in the previous scenario, why might their stories be different? • How does this story connect to our look at primary vs. secondary sources? • What does this story say about the study of history?

  14. Evaluating the Reliability of Sources • Historical Question: Why were Japanese Americans put in internment camps during WWII? • Source 1: Government film explaining internment in 1942. • Source 2: Government report on Japanese internment from 1982 based on declassified government documents.

  15. Evaluating the Reliability of Sources • Historical Question: What was the layout of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz? • Source 1: Interview with 80 year old Holocaust survivor in 1985. • Source 2: Map of concentration camp found in Nazi files?

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