1. Do Now
Please get ready for the quiz and read over the following reminders:
You should NOT be drawing, writing, etc. on the desks or in the textbooks.
Please do not put more than one textbook in a desk. Put extras on the shelf. Do not put textbooks on the floor.
All grades should be updated on parent portal for marking period 1.

2. After the Quiz Check it over! Place it face down on the back table.
Take a primary and secondary source worksheet.
Read over the explanations for primary and secondary sources.
Complete the questions for the primary and secondary sources (both sides).
For activity- tablet = piece of stone used to write on

3. Primary sources
Information from someone who actually experienced what is being described
Diaries
Letters
Autobiographies
Photos
Paintings
Recordings

4. Secondary sources
information from someone who did not experience what is being described
Biographies
History books or articles
Textbooks
Encyclopedias

5. Primary Source: A Student’s Life in Sumer
1. Who do you think wrote this source? Why do you think this?
A student from Sumer.
He talks about life at school, and it seems like he is a child because he has to answer to his father and his teacher.
2. Why do you think this source was created? (Purpose)
To keep a diary
So the student could practice writing on the tablet
To tell about life in Sumer
3. What did you learn about life in a Sumerian school?
Don’t be late for school!
Only rich kids went to school (he had servants)
Schools are strict

6. Primary Source: A Student’s Life in Sumer
4. List 4+ pros of using primary sources in class.
Gives us vivid details
Reveals emotions
Can allow readers to make their own judgments
Can give history a more personal feel
5. List 4+ cons of using primary sources in class.
Harder to find these sources
Harder to understand
Outdated vocabulary, reading level, language
Only one perspective on something
Takes a long time to analyze

7. Secondary source: Our Textbook
1. Who wrote this source? (the textbook)
A bunch of scholars, experts, or historians
2. Why do you think this source was written? (Purpose)
For schools
3. List 4+ pros of using secondary sources in class.
Blends different points of view (sometimes)
Easier to find and read
Provides expert analysis
Can give history a more professional feel
5. List 4+ cons of using secondary sources in class.
Can be boring
Might be unfair in some way, and it can be hard to detect
Can give you the impression that there is only one way to interpret history

8. Question 1
A piece of the original Magna Carta signed by King John in 1215

9. Question 2
The Mona Lisa - Painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1506

10. Question 3
A book about the Medieval knights- written in 1999.

11. Question 5
A cartoon of Napoleon made in 1975.

12. Question 6
Roman coins made by Romans in AD

13. Question 7
An interview with a Vietnam War veteran.

14. Question 8
A letter from George Washington to one of his generals written in 1798.

15. Question 9
An online encyclopedia article about the book, The Codex, written in

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Why shouldn’t we always trust primary sources?
Why shouldn’t we always trust secondary sources?
Can something be both a primary source AND secondary source?