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'''AIM:''' How do we find out about the past through documents?
'''AIM:''' How do we find out about the past through documents?


'''Do Now:''' [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/classroom/primarysourcedonow.pdf Primary or Secondary Document Worksheet]
'''Do Now:''' [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/classroom/primarysourcedonow.pdf Primary or Secondary Document Worksheet]


== Common Core Standards ==
== Common Core Standards ==
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Use this [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/images/6/66/Sources.pdf Primary & Secondary Sources Guide] for further study.
Use this [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/images/6/66/Sources.pdf Primary & Secondary Sources Guide] for further study.


== Classwork & Homework ==
== Classwork & Homework ==


'''Lesson Powerpoint:''' [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/classroom/primarysources.pptx Primary Sources]
'''Lesson Powerpoint:''' [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/classroom/primarysources.pptx Primary Sources]


'''Classwork Activity:'''  [http://www.mysocialstudiesteacher.com/wiki/images/7/75/Primarysourcespacket.pdf Primary Source Activity]
'''Classwork Activity:'''  [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/images/7/75/Primarysourcespacket.pdf Primary Source Activity]


'''Homework:''' [[Assignments]]
'''Homework:''' [[Assignments]]

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Primary & Secondary Sources

AIM: How do we find out about the past through documents?

Do Now: Primary or Secondary Document Worksheet

Common Core Standards

Reading

Lesson Content

Today we are discussing the differences between Primary and Secondary sources. These are the ways historians find out facts about the past and how they write about it.


A Primary Source is something written or spoken or heard or seen by a witness to an event.

Examples:

  • Letters
  • Photographs
  • Diaries
  • Poems
  • Newspaper Accounts
  • Interviews
  • Class Notes & Meeting Notes
  • Autobiography
  • Recordings / Video
  • Portraits/Statues/Monuments (at or near the time)

A Secondary Source is something completed long after and event happened and where the person who wrote it did not witness the event. It is often a retelling of the event using Primary Sources.

  • Dictionaries (all)
  • Encyclopedias (all)
  • Text Books (all)
  • Term Papers (all)
  • Essays (all)
  • Biographies (all)

Use this Primary & Secondary Sources Guide for further study.

Classwork & Homework

Lesson Powerpoint: Primary Sources

Classwork Activity: Primary Source Activity

Homework: Assignments