1. Primary/Secondary Sources

2. Bell Ringer Wednesday
Lines of latitude are drawn ____ and _________ but measure direction _________ and _________
Give me an example of an absolute location
Give me an example of a relative location

3. Objective Identify/describe primary and secondary sources Reminders:
syllabus sheet due in NOW
Vocab due tomorrow
Quiz on this week’s work on friday

4. Primary sources
A primary source is an original object or document; first-hand information.

5. Primary Source Examples
Diaries, Autobiographies, Speeches, Films, Photographs
Historical documents (signed as well)
Letters, sound recordings

6. Primary Source Examples
Example: Anne Frank was a teenager during World War II. She kept a diary or journal the years before she died in a concentration camp.

7. An autobiography is when you write a story or book about yourself.
Examples
Autobiographies
An autobiography is when you write a story or book about yourself.
Example: Nelson Mandela wrote his autobiography about events in his life called

8. Primary Source Examples
Speeches are considered Primary Sources.
Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address”
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”
All of the President’s Inauguration Speeches.

9. Primary Source
Sound Recordings and interviews are considered primary resources.
Example 1: Radio programs about current news stories, and speeches

10. Examples, etc.
Historical documents (Declaration of Independence or the Constitution). They were drafted and signed.
Other Examples:
Birth Certificates, Government records, Court documents , Tax records ,Census records, Art

11. What is a Secondary Source?
A secondary source is something written about a primary source.
Written "after the fact" - that is, at a later date.
Are “second-hand information.”

12. Examples
Almanacs, encyclopedias, history books (textbooks), etc. are all secondary sources because they were written “after” the these events occurred.

13. Secondary Source Biography
Example: A biography is when you write about another person’s life. Alice Fleming wrote a biography on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This is a secondary document. It was written about him after he died.

14. Quick quiz Which is an example of a primary source?
A: A book written about George Washington
B. A speech written and spoken by Barack Obama
C: A painting of the Greek Gods, from 1950.
Which is an example of a secondary source?
A: A letter you wrote home to your parents
B: A biography of Abraham Lincoln
C: The personal diary of Robert E. Lee

15. Worksheet
Tell me whether the example is a PRIMARY (P) OR SECONDARY (S) source
NO notes, but there is some help on the sheet.
Go over in about 7 min. MAX

16. Primary Source Analysis
What does it mean to analyse?
To analyse means to: EXAMINE (something ) for more information so you can explain or interpret
Why might we analyse a primary source?

17. Analyse Definition
Can you give me an example of something you would analyse?

18. Exit Slip:
Give me one example of a primary source and one example of a secondary.
Why do we analyse primary sources?