Understanding Sources

Understanding Sources

by Maybeline Mata

​​Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to:

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1. Identify the differences between a primary source and a secondary source

2. Enumerate materials which can be considered primary source 3. Evaluate materials in terms of authenticity, credibility, and provenance

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What are SOURCES?​

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​Sources means..

​ Historical source (also known as historical material or historical data) is original source that contain important historical information. These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level,[1] and these sources used as clues in order to study history.

• Historical sources include documents, artifacts, archaeological sites, features. oral transmissions, stone inscriptions, paintings, recorded sounds, images (photographs, motion pictures), and oral history. Even ancient relics and ruins, broadly speaking, are historical sources.

​​Primary Sources

• Materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic being studied.

• These people are either participants or eyewitnesses to the event. • Eyewitness accounts, diaries, letters, legal documents, official documents (gov’t or private), and even photographs.

• Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a witness to or participant in an event. They can be firsthand testimony or evidence created during the time period that you are studying.

• Primary sources may include diaries, letters, interviews, oral histories, photographs, newspaper articles, government documents, poems, novels, plays, and music. The collection and analysis of primary sources is central to historical research.

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​​Secondary Sources

 Secondary sources analyze a scholarly question and often use primary sources as evidence.

 Secondary sources include books and articles about a topic. They may include lists of sources, i.e. bibliographies, that may lead you to other primary or secondary sources.

Multiple Choice

MARITES

• Secondary

• Primary

Open Ended

WHY?