Module Name: Primary and Secondary Sources 1.What do you want the student to be able to do? -> Distinguish between primary and secondary sources. This is a very abstract concept. Most students receive their information from secondary sources, but for them, that is their primary source of information. Hence confusion. At the Freshman/Sophomore level very few students have seen a scholarly journal and when they do browse through one they have trouble reading it. Hence more confusion. Why use something you can’t understand when a so-called secondary source is easy to understand? 2. What does the student need to know? -> The characteristics of a primary source. -> The characteristics of a secondary source. 3. What is the learning activity? -> Multiple choice quiz (primary or secondary) where every wrong answer leads to a case study. The idea is to prompt students to ask, why did I get that question wrong? Then, reading the case study may clarify and they will succeed on the same multiple choice question stated differently. 4. How will the student demonstrate the learning? -> 100% on the multiple choice quiz. 5. How will the librarian know the student has done this well? -> Cumulative 100% on the multiple choice quiz and consistent high ratings on Likert survey.

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Primary and Secondary Sources. The Oxford English Dictionary defines primary as, “Occurring first in a sequence of events; belonging to the beginning or earliest stage of something; first in time.” Now try applying the definition of primary to these situations. This area remains blank. Primary Source Suggestion: skip the visual so you have more space on the slide. The discovery about plant behavior under ultraviolet light. Primary Source Secondary Source A book describing all the different behaviors of plants under ultraviolet light. NEXT

Primary and Secondary Sources: Records of Daily Life. The passing of time, perhaps a few years, sometimes decades can change a secondary source into a primary source. Try applying this definition of primary to these situations. This area remains blank. Primary Source Suggestion: skip the visual so you have more space on the slide. Primary Source Secondary Source A story about a car accident in a 1910 newspaper. A story about a car accident in yesterday’s newspaper. Primary Source Secondary Source An eye witness’ account of a car accident on Twitter. NEXT

Repeat the format from the previous two slides as many times as you think necessary. This area remains blank. Suggestion: skip the visual so you have more space on the slide. Primary Source Secondary Source The original diary of an Okie during the Dust Bowl migration. A reprint of a diary in which spelling mistakes and grammar errors are corrected. A reprint of an original diary with editorial notes. NEXT

This area remains blank. Case Study #1: The Blue Artic Singing Frog Keep the current text from slide 2. NEXT

This area remains blank. Case Study #1: The Blue Artic Singing Frog continued Keep the current text from slide 3. Return to Primary and Secondary Sources

This area remains blank. Case Study #2: Records of Daily life Keep the current text from slide 4. Return to Primary and Secondary Sources

This area remains blank. Case Study #3: The Constitution Keep the current text from slide 5. Return to Primary and Secondary Sources

This area remains blank. Case Study #4: The Shifting Popular Press Keep the current text from slide 6. Return to Primary and Secondary Sources

This area remains blank. Case Study #5: He said, She Said Keep the current text from slide 7. Return to Primary and Secondary Sources

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Quick Review: Examples of Primary Sources This area remains blank. EXIT Print this page. Original Research Diaries, journals Original documents Historical publications Speeches, interviews, s, letters Maps Public Opinion Polls Court Documents and Laws The Bible, the Koran, and other religious texts Personal memoirs and autobiographies