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Understanding Conflicting Friendships and Historical Sources

Cindy and Monica's friendship has turned sour, with each accusing the other of betrayal for different reasons. This situation mirrors the distinction between primary and secondary historical sources, where personal accounts and interpretations can clash. Primary sources offer firsthand insights into historical events, whereas secondary sources provide interpretations based on those events. Understanding these concepts helps in analyzing both personal relationships and historical contexts effectively, emphasizing the importance of credible evidence.

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Understanding Conflicting Friendships and Historical Sources

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  1. Sources • Cindy and Monica were best friends turned enemies but no one knows why. You hear from Jose that Monica is mad at Cindy because she’s dating her crush. However, you talk to Monica and she says she is mad because Cindy talks behind her back not because of a boy. Who do you believe? Why? (3-5 sentences)

  2. Vocabulary What do you think these words mean? Take a silent educated guess. • Historical Record • Primary Sources • Secondary Sources

  3. Vocabulary • Historical Records – writing that has historical value

  4. Vocabulary • Primary Sources – actual records that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, and articles of clothing • Secondary Sources – accounts of the past created by people writing about events sometime after they happened, such as a textbook

  5. Why Use Primary Sources? • Studying primary sources helps you form reasoned conclusions, base your conclusions on evidence, and connect documents to their your context of meaning.

  6. Why Use Secondary Sources? • We use these sources because they are convenient references.

  7. Primary vs. Secondary • I am about to show you slides of different Sources. • Use the index cards provided to let me know if you think the Source is Primary or Secondary. • A for Primary • B for Secondary

  8. Textbook

  9. Sam Houston’s Journal

  10. Jim Bowie’s knife

  11. Video of Obama speaking to a crowd

  12. A copy of a John F. Kennedy’s Speech in your Textbook

  13. Newspaper article about the Astros game

  14. A Lil Wayne song

  15. A painting of World War II

  16. My autobiography

  17. A poem about the Texas revolution

  18. If using the internet: • .gov – usually the most reliable • .edu – associated with an educational institution and have high reliability • .org – associated with education and / or non-profit organizations and are generally reliable • .com – established for commerical purposes, tend to be bias in documents choices

  19. Vocabulary • Point of View • Bias

  20. Vocabulary • Point of View- a mental position from which things are viewed. • Bias- a tendency or preference towards a particular perspective

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