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A Primary Source is ….
Anything that comes from or was created during the period of time in question – an ORIGINAL source Document Artifact Recording Piece of Art Person Picture Etc.
Ex: Pericles’ Funeral Oration
Secondary Source
Not an original document, but deals or comments on a primary source or multiple primary sources
Ex: Your Textbook (although it may have a
collection of Primary Sources located within it)
Dissecting a Primary Source Questions:
Author – Who did/wrote this Audience – Who’s it for Form – What is it Context – According to time, also to the audience Message – What is this trying to get across Method – How is it written/displayed Bias – Reasons for creation – important for some
reason Intent – What was the author trying to do or get
across Success or Failure – Do you buy this source?
Alexander Mosaic – 1st Century BCE
From: Pompeii Author: Philoxenos The Battle of Issus (333 B.C.) –
Alexander’s Victory over Darius III. Marked the beginning of the end for the Persian Empire
Darius “Treasury Relief” – c. 550-486 BCE
Author: Unknown From: Persepolis Bas relief of Darius I’s (the Great)
Nowruz Audience Depicts the giving of gifts to the
Persian king by ambassadors from the satrapies of the empire for the New Year.
Mural: Tomb of Thutmosis IV - c.1400-1390 BCE
Author: Unknown Location: Egypt Depicts the King Thutmosis IV facing
various divinities who stretch the sign of life towards him - the ankh
What about the text above his head?