1. Set-up (IN Page 33) Set-up Cornell Style notes for Page 33
Title: Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Essential Question: What is the difference between Primary & Secondary Sources?

2. Primary vs. Secondary Sources

3. Definition of Primary Source
A document or physical object that was created during the time period being studied
Can you think of any examples?

4. Definition of Secondary Source
Accounts of the past created by people who are not first-hand witnesses of the event. This type of source offers an analysis or restatement of primary sources.
Can you think of any examples?

5. Time and Place Rule Used to judge the quality of a primary source
“The closer in time and place a source and its creator were to the actual event, the better the source will be”

6. Which is more reliable?
Accounts of the event, created after the event occurred, by people who did not participate or witness it but used interviews or evidence from the time of the event
Accounts of the event created at the time it occurred by firsthand observers and participants
Direct Traces of the event
Accounts of the event create after the event by firsthand observers and participants

7. Bias Rule Every source has bias in some way
Every piece of evidence and every source must be read or viewed skeptically and critically
The creator’s point of view must be considered
Each piece of evidence and source must be cross-checked and compared with related sources and pieces of evidence

8. Types of Primary Sources
Published Documents (News papers, magazines, autobiographies)
Unpublished Documents (letters, journals)
Oral traditions/histories (spoken word)
Visual Documents and Artifacts (paintings, artwork, stuff from the past)

9. Repetition #1 Code Marking System: Highlight important facts
Circle Key Words
Put a (*) next to things you think will be on your test
Put a (?) next to things you don’t understand