Historical Thinking Matters! Primary vs Secondary Sources
Primary vs Secondary Sources What is a primary source? What is a secondary source? Primary Sources: are direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art. Secondary Sources: describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and process primary sources. Okay that’s great and all. Let’s look at examples!
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Analyzing Images: See, Think, Wonder What do you see? What do you think? What do you wonder? Source: Some random image I found on the internet.
What do you see? What do you think? What do you wonder? Source: The Bloody Massacre, often referred to as “The Boston Massacre,” is an engraving by Paul Revere (1770)
What do you see? What do you think? What do you wonder? Source: Boston Massacre is a lithograph by J. H. Bufford (1850’s)