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How the Other Half Lives

How the Other Half Lives. Jacob Riis. Primary Source. Provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. Created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented.

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How the Other Half Lives

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  1. How the Other Half Lives Jacob Riis

  2. Primary Source • Provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. • 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. • Can include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later.

  3. Examples of Primary Sources • Diary of Anne Frank • Letters • US Constitution • Zapruder film

  4. Secondary Source • A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. • These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. • Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.

  5. Examples of Secondary Sources • Magazine Articles • History Textbook

  6. Jacob Riis • Danish Immigrant • Police reporter for the New York Tribune • 1890 published “How the Other Half Lives” • Reformer-he used his talents to expose the living conditions of the poor. (the overcrowded, filthy tenements in New York City) • He used photos to help expose the conditions along with his book.

  7. Jane Addams • Dedicated herself to helping the many poor immigrants at eh turn of the century. • After college, she started along with a friend, started the Chicago Hull House: a settlement house • Had tow purposes: help poor immigrants and provide benefits for middle class • End Child labor, improve sanitation conditions, advance education for everyone, helped with the sick and other social services.

  8. Hull House

  9. Instructions • You will be given 2 Primary Sources. • Read both the documents • Underline any words phrases etc. you do not understand. • Answer the questions on handout. • Turn into basket when done! If you do not finish in class, it is homework and due at the beginning of next class.

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