The American Revolution: Political Cartoons

1. The American Revolution:Political Cartoons Primary Source Analysis Fourth Grade Social Studies Frances Bishop

2. Primary Source Analysis • What is a Primary Source? • A primary source is a document, speech, or other sort of evidence that is written, created or otherwise produced during the time under study. Primary sources offer an inside view of a particular event.

3. Examples of Primary Source Include original documents such as autobiographies, e-mail, photographs, interviews, letters, news film footage, diaries, speeches, official records.

4. Examples of Primary Source Also included are creative works such as art, movies, music, novels.

5. Examples of Primary Source In addition, there are relics or artifacts such as buildings, clothing, furniture, jewelry, pottery.

6. The Purpose of Primary Source Analysis The purpose of the Primary Source Analysis Tool is to assist you with analyzing a political cartoon. Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc51.jpg

7. Important Fact to Remember It is very important to remember that primary source analysis is not about finding the right answer but asking effective questions.

8. References • British Take New York Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/vc51.jpg • Google images Retrieved from • http://www.google.com/images • Political Cartoons: Finding Point of View-Lesson Plan. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/political-cartoons/evaluation.html • Blum, J.(2010). What is a Primary Source? Retrieved from http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/help/using/primary.aspx