CCSS History 6-8.1 & .2

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account (the person lived through the event)

• Primary

• Secondary

A Diary 

• Primary 
• Secondary

Movie about WW2

• Primary 
• Secondary

A source that comes later, second hand account (a person wrote about it after the event happened and was not there for it)

• Primary

• Secondary

1912 Newspaper article about the sinking of the titanic

• Primary 
• Secondary

The writer's position on an issue (also called your argument that you are going to support with evidence)

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttel

• thesis

Any information that helps prove a claim.

• evidence

• argument

• counterclaim

• thesis

Facts, quotations, examples, anecdotes, and statistics can all be used as _______________.

• evidence

• claims

• arguments

• counterclaims

How do we know a claim is strong?

• It is a fact

• It is a statement

• It is debatable/arguable

• It has an exclamation point

When you write the events you'll want to paraphrase them. Paraphrasing means...

• to list chronologically
• to list objectively
• to reduce to five sentences or less
• to change the wording to your own words