Primary and Secondary Sources

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Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

Transcript of Primary and Secondary Sources

  1. 1. Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources
  2. 2. CSI Activity Your Mission: 1. With a partner, you will read the following case. Decide, what sources and resources you will use to crack the case. Be prepared to tell me why? 2. After designated time, share your responses with your table group. 3. Now, we will discuss your choices and why you made them with the class.
  3. 3. the end of ths less By the end of this lesson, you will be able to identify, classify, and categorize primary and secondary sources
  4. 4. What is a Primary Source? Lets look at the handout!
  5. 5. Primary sources are original records of political, economic, artistic, scientific, social, and intellectual thoughts and ideas of a specific time period produced by the people who participated in and witnessed the past.
  6. 6. Go to your handout entitled, What it Really Means and write this in your own words.
  7. 7. Examples 1. Audio: a. Music c. interview b. Speeches d. oral history
  8. 8. 2. Images a. Photographs c. film b. Videos d. fine art
  9. 9. 3. Objects a.Clothing b.Tools c.Pottery d.Gravestones e.Inventions f. Weapons g.Memorabilia
  10. 10. 4. Statistics a.Census data b.Populations statistics c.Weather report
  11. 11. 5. Text a. Letters g. Maps b. Diaries h. Laws c. Original documents i. Recipes d. Legal agreements j. advertisements e. Treaties k. sermons f. Lectures l. genealogical info
  12. 12. Go to the handout with the image of a concept map. Complete it with examples of Primary Sources.
  13. 13. What is a Secondary Source? What do you think?
  14. 14. A Secondary Source Primary sources are the original or first hand accounts , secondary sources are produced, copied, replicated, or second hand accounts from the originals. Theyre copies, references, or written about primary sources.
  15. 15. Now go back to your handout entitled, What it Really Means and put this in your own words.
  16. 16. Examples a. Textbooks e. Copies or replicas of primary sources b. Dictionaries f. Research papers and essays c. Thesaurus g. Biographies d. News reports discussing an event that already occurred
  17. 17. Lets Practice At your tables, there are two colored cups, the red ones will represent a primary source and the black one will represent a secondary source. On the slides, I will show you an image. As a table group decide if it is an example of either a primary or secondary source. When I give you the cue, pick up and hold the cup in the air the colored cup you will the image is representing. Ready?
  18. 18. This is a celebrity gossip news show hosted by Harry Levin
  19. 19. Cast of Twilight saga being interviewed on Ellen.
  20. 20. The object itself
  21. 21. In groups, you will categorize the cards at your table into either primary or secondary sources. After a designated period of time, be prepared to share your responses with the class.
  22. 22. Why is it important to know the difference between a primary and secondary source? How does each effect the credibility and validity of your research? 1. Reflect on this alone and write response in INB/Cornell Notes 2. Share with partner 3. Shaft and Draft
  23. 23. How do we analyze primary and secondary sources? ACAPS A= Author C=Context A=Audience P=Purpose S=Significance
  24. 24. In groups of four, you will go to various stations and do the following tasks: 1. Determine if the source is primary or secondary. 2. Analyze and evaluate the source using ACAPS. 3. Write your responses in your INB. 4. You will have 5 minutes only to analyze and evaluate the source collaboratively, then after the timer, you will move onto the next station.
  25. 25. Write a 10 word summary of what you learned today in your INB/Cornell Notes and turn it in.