2. Primary source: What is a source?
Something you can get information from
Primary source:
Source created by someone who saw or was involved in the actual event
Source created at the time an event happens, or soon after

3. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps

4. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps
Diaries

5. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps
Diaries
Letters

6. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps
Diaries
Letters
Photos

7. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps
Diaries
Letters
Photos
Documents

8. What are examples of primary sources?
Maps
Diaries
Letters
Photos
Documents
Artifacts

9. What is a secondary source?
A secondary source uses primary sources to give information about an event
Examples:
Textbooks
Papers/articles written by scholars
(websites, Wikipedia, and encyclopedias are usually tertiary sources because they use secondary sources to give information about an event)

10. Source 1: The Utah Journey (pg. 244-249)
What kind of source is it: Textbook
Who created it: Historians
When was it created: 2009
Why was it created: To educate students

11. A thousand years from now in the year 3015, historians are trying to find out what life was like in the year 2015 List some primary sources that would tell historians about what life was like today

12. Source 2: Peggy Eaton Story
What kind of source is it: Journal/Diary; Primary Source Who created it: Peggy Eaton When was it created: 1935 Why was it created: To tell her story about her experience in the Depression

13. At the height of the Great Depression, there were 250,000 teenagers living on the road in America. The country’s economic collapse had destroyed everything in their young lives. Their fathers had lost their jobs; they’d been evicted from their homes, even their schools went bankrupt and closed their doors. Like millions of adults roaming the country between 1929 and 1941, thousands and thousands of boys and girls left home in search of a better life.

14. Peggy Eaton Story
“It was absolutely full of men, we were the only women. And it was evening, the sun was just setting. We sat down in the door and I was swinging my legs and Slim slapped my shins and said “Hey, keep your feet down or you’ll be jerked off by a switch, can jerk you right off into eternity.”
“Napa, Idaho, August 3rd, 1938 Dearest Mom, just a line to let you know I’m okay. The police picked up Rene and I last night and put us in a cell. We sure made use of the cots. I hope they turn us loose soon so that we can go again. This the third time they’ve picked us up. They think we are runaways. Fooled, eh what? Love and kisses, Peggy Eaton.”

15. Source 3: America: The Story of Us- Bust
What kind of source is it: Documentary Who created it: History Channel When was it created: 2010 Why was it created: To entertain and educate

16. Source 4-11: Photos
What kind of source is it: Primary Sources Who created it: Photographers When was it created: During the Depression Why was it created: To show what was happening in people’s lives

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25. Source 12: Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
What kind of source is it: Tertiary Source Who created it: Anyone. Who knows. When was it created: Who knows. Why was it created: To give people general information.

26. Source 13-14: (Choose 2 websites)
What kind of source is it: Website Who created it: When was it created: Why was it created:

27. Source 15: Kit Kittredge
What kind of source is it: Fictional Movie Who created it: Hollywood When was it created: 2008 Why was it created: To entertain and teach kids what life was like during the Depression

28. Next step!
Now sort your sources by what you think is the reliable or not or maybe/kind of reliable
Now use all the information you learned to corroborate what the “truth” is and answer the questions on the last page in FULL SENTENCES
Corroborate means:
Use information from many sources to find what out what happened.