Intro: Primary & Secondary Sources

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A ________ source is historical evidence created by someone who was at the historical event.

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primary

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A __________ source interprets history and is created by someone who was NOT at the historical event.

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secondary

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A journal entry from a soldier serving in the Vietnam War would be considered a ________ source to help us understand what life was like for Vietnam veterans.

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primary

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A book written about the Vietnam War by someone who was not in the war would be considered a _______ source to help us answer the question, "What was the Vietnam war like?"

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secondary

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When we evaluate primary and secondary sources, we first try to see if the source is ________, or can be believed.

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credible

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When we _________ a source, we place the documents and its events in time and place (setting.)

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contextualize

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It is important to activate ________ knowledge, or what we already know about an event, before studying a source.

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background

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When we "read the silences" of a source, we are thinking about important voices and perspectives that might be ...

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left out

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_________ a source involves looking at several other sources to determine points of agreement.

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Confirming