Using+Documents

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//Which document(s) do you think are **reliable**? Why?//
 * Document 7 & 8 because they were the least biased and remained neutral. It makes sense, because they have to be professional and remain neutral at the subject. The two sources were the ones that only gave facts, and didn't fathom about how amazing or cheat the touchdown was.

//Which document(s) do you think are **unreliable**? Why?//
 * Documents 2, 3, & 5 were the most biased because they had taken sides. 2 & 3 described the touchdown as something very amazing when the referee said it was only a "clean and simple" touchdown. 5 was obviously upset over that fact that his team lost.

//What are somethings that all documents agree on?//
 * They all agree that MHS won the game.

//What are somethings that the documents disagree about?//
 * Two documents says that Wilson was only lucky to make the touchdown. It could've been skill, but in Document 8, Benson notes that Wilson had poor hands & only average speed.

//Are there any other people that could have given a better account of what happened?//
 * Maybe someone who's not from the country and only came to see the game. I think that this person would be least likely to take a side.

// ACTIVITY #2 // 1. What do you think the difference is between a primary and a secondary source?
 * Primary -> A person who was present at the event. It could be a written document, records, letters, pictures, ect.
 * Secondary -> Someone who might take the primary source to create school textbooks, research papers, ect. It could be a historian who's trying to solve historic mysteries. Secondary sources can become primary sources over time. (History book written in the 20th century would be considered secondary sources, but today they would be primary sources, because it gives different world views of the people at that time.)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. How is an historian like a detective?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Like detectives who use evidence to solve crime scenes, historians use clues to decode the past.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">// Activity #3 //

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">**Below are some basic questions you should ask about sources:**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Who wrote or made it?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-The author of a source is very important & gives alot of information about the article. For example, if it's a die hard Yankee fan who wrote an article about the Red Sock's wins, then the source would obviously be biased.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**When was it written or made?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-All time periods have different world views. During Nazi Germany, an article about Jews would have false, hateful lies that we know are not true. If it's a old piece of art, then the style would help help date the piece, since during different time periods, there were different views of what was beauty, right, wrong, ect.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Where was it written or made?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Maybe it gives off how important the source is. Was is a political figure or a commoner?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Why was it written or made?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-The purpose of a source is important because there's always a reason behind an article. Whether it's just news, or to manipulate the masses (Nazi Germany -> Lies & False hope)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**What point is the author or creator trying to make?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-I think that it's the same as why it was written.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**What evidence does this source contribute to your research?** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-The evidence would obviously have to support an argument or just give answers to historical questions

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In my opinion, the most important question is "When was it written" because dating a piece source gives alot of information of the views of most people. For example, today it's known that US media isn't always reliable.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">// Activity # 4 //

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Primary: ** Letters, photographs, a diary, clothing, posters, documents, films, paintings, ect. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Secondary: ** Textbooks, Wikipedia (bad one), magazines, documents commenting the p ast

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">//Activity #5//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">To conclude today, complete the following in your Summer Virtual Notebook: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Secondary sources and become primary sources <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Secondary sources are based off of primary sources <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Historians are alot like detectives, that try to solve the past (which is muuuuuch harder since usually no one from that period is alive, and they don't have a lot to work with). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Do historians have to analyze every person's account to get an unbiased idea? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-Which is more reliable? Primary or secondary? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">-I would like to learn about Primary source vs. secondary source. Is there a big difference?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">List **// 3 //**things you learned today
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">List //**2**// questions you still have about what you learned today
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Explain //**1**// thing you'd like to learn more about.

A piece of art from the renaissance is the primary source, but a replica is a secondary source.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Activity #6: Test what you Know about Primary and Secondary Sources


 * Click Next to Titanic Source Quiz at the bottom of the page**

Take the quiz Press finish when you have completed all the questions and see how you did!! 10/10

The Great Depression & the Dustbowl. Choose whether the artifact is a primary source or secondary source.
 * Design your own Quiz on Primary and Secondary Sources **

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4) media type="custom" key="9977871" Accounts by survivors of the Great Depression (PBS)

5) An article of the Great Depression by Gene Smiley

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Activity # 8: Reflection

Primary and secondary sources are essential to a historian because it essentially holds the answers to questions. How did this event occur? Why did it happen? Who is s/he? What happened? What was the purpose? ect. All these questions about a historic event can be answered by primary/secondary sources. Primary sources give a first hand account. A piece of clothing tell what the fashion was back then. A diary tells about someone's feelings about a conflict or event. And the list goes on. Primary sources are like proof because you can't deny a first hand account. Secondary Sources can be a great referance point for a historian. It can be full of ideas and thoughts of what others were thinking when they analyzed the primary source. There could also be valuable information and facts. A historian is like a detective who solves mysteries from the past. They use evidence, which are the primary/secondary sources, to draw conclusions their conclusion.