Week 1 Primary & Secondary Sources

first-hand accounts of an event created by eyewitnesses.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Point of View

• Sourcing

accounts of events created at a later date and by someone who was not present at the event

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Point of View

• Sourcing

How the author was influenced by when and where the document was produced.

• Primary Source

• Sourcing

• Secondary Source

• Contextualizing

Who, what, when, where, and why of a document.

• Sourcing

• Primary Sourcing

• Secondary Sourcing

• Point of View

The circumstances of the time in which an event occurred.

• Contextualizing

• Point of View

• Historical Context

• Corroboration

Critically examining significant details and language patterns of a text.

• contextualization

• Corroboration

• Point of View

• Close Reading

The personal attributes and life experiences of an author.

• Primary Source

• Frame of Reference

• Point of View

• Historical Context

Comparing different sources in order to gain a more accurate account of the past.

• Point of View

• Sourcing

• Historical Context

• Corroboration

An opinion or perspective presented by the author.

• Corroboration

• Point of View

• Historical Context

• Sourcing