Research Tools: Primary and Secondary Sources 1. Types of projects they can create: - Documentary - Paper - Performance - Exhibit - Website 2. What is a primary resource? 3. What have you found so far? 4. What has happened to you that you can create/develop a primary resource?
Finding Primary Sources What is it? First-person or eyewitness accounts, personal stories to express the impact on the individual and to help capture feelings and emotions of the time. National History Day definition: A primary source is a piece of information about a historical event or period in which the creator of the source was an actual participant in or a contemporary of a historical moment. The purpose of primary sources is to capture the words, the thoughts and the intentions of the past. Primary sources help you to interpret what happened and why it happened. Examples of primary sources include documents, artifacts, historic sites, speeches, songs, letters, journals, or other written and tangible items created during the historical period you are studying.
Finding Primary Sources Finding primary source images and documents Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/blog/online-resources-primary-source-documents- monica-burns National History Day https://www.nhd.org/student-resources Bachelor’s Degree online http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-terrific-sites-to-find- primary-source-history-documents/ 1. Sites that have compiled other resources – show these sites, no searching within. 2. Edutopia -mentions National Archives, Life Magazine 3. National History Day - Select Helpful Research Links for a list of sites by organization, historical event, geographical sites 4. Bachelor’s Degree Online - Library and Museum sites - topics like art history, classics, then birth and death records, newspapers
Primary Sources Find Images National Archives http://www.archives.gov/ Life Magazine photo archive http://images.google.com/hosted/life Google Images National Archives - use search box to look up San Francisco earthquake - click on San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 - can show these: building destruction, bread line, cooking outside - at bottom go to Find out More and click on 1st one - San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - next page click on continue and will see series of docs - the bartender is Harry Loy- 3rd down Life Magazine - look up people like Rosa Parks, Gandhi - browse through decades, places, events, sports and culture Google search look for reputable organizations and event specific pages (.org, .edu)
Discover the language of the times Primary Sources Discover the language of the times Colorado Historic Newspapers http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/Default/Skins/Colorado/Client. asp?skin=Colorado&AW=1391186793758&AppName=2 National Archives http://www.archives.gov/ Docs Teach http://docsteach.org/home/national-history-day Colorado Historic Newspapers - click TOPIC tab - select BICYCLES from drop down menu - click on the first link, FIERY UNTAMED BICYCLES Docs Teach - select from drop down menu YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - select any of the images or documents as examples - highlight the PRINT DOCUMENT AND DETAIL LINK
Broomfield Library Resources Secondary Sources Broomfield Library Resources Find this Power Point http://broomfield.org/index.aspx?nid=1958 Library’s Teen Zone Database Page (*may need a library card) http://broomfield.org/index.aspx?NID=648 World Book Advanced http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/home?ed=lib&acct=L5685&tu World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org/en/ Broomfield Library Home Page http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/index.aspx?NID=276276 Secondary sources for: analysis, perspective, framework of event, summary 2. Select the link from Find this Power Point - show power point link - World Book Advanced: - primary source documents and ebooks fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. - citation builder and saved research. - Tailored for students in grade 8 and up. - Look up agent orange – many articles - World Digital Library: - can search by continent - browse by place time topic type of item - search MAGELLAN