WHAT DO THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON?

WHY DO YOU THINK THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT?

In your S.S. Notebook answer these questions…

You will now take a pretestConsists of 10 multiple choice, 1 short answer

response and 1 document analysis extended response..

Do your best and attempt to answer all questions.

A SECONDARY SOURCE is a secondhand account about people, events, topics or places that is based on what some other writer has experienced. Good examples of SECONDARY SOUCES are books, newspapers, pamphlets, encyclopedias and other materials in which information has been gathered for you.

An artifact is any object made by human beings.

A primary source is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It is an original source or first-hand account of information.

Examples include: Diaries and Journals Letters and Memos Books or articles written at the time of the eventPhotographs Maps (from the time period) Any of the above reprinted in the original format

and language

Anyone who wants to learn more about a topic or subject. Examples are teachers, students, historians, etc.

Herodotus

Anywhere!

Primary sources are important because they help us understand not only what happened (history) but the meaning of what happened (history), what it meant then, what it means now, and what it means in the future.

You use primary sources to help understand more about history , people, and events of the past.

Primary Source Detective Tool

Observe What do you see?

Think What do you think?

What questions does the primary source

make you ask?

*Do you recognize anything about the primary source? *Are there any clues that help you figure out what is going on in the picture?

* What can you identify in the picture? *Where does this take place? What clues tell you so?

*What do you want to know more about? *What additional questions do you have?

Use the detective tool to analyze the purpose of a particular primary sources.

Answer questions carefully.Use small group voicesRespect each others opinionsEnjoy and discoversomething new