Primary and Secondary Sources by Cathy Burke https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr What are primary and secondary sources and how can we learn from them? en-us 2017-12-03 00:20:49 UTC 2025-10-09 16:15:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Primary vs. Secondary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212554850 How does one determine which is which?]]> 2017-12-03 00:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212554850 Primary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212555395
  • an original document or physical object that was written or created during the time of study
  • These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. 
  • Examples:  objects, diaries, letters, documents, photographs, articles of clothing, or "first-hand" accounts (testimonies) of an event by an eye-witness.
    • ]]>     2017-12-03 01:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212555395     Primary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212555616 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable):
    Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records  ]]>     2017-12-03 01:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212555616     Primary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556267 CREATIVE WORKS:   Poetry, drama, novels, music, art]]> 2017-12-03 01:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556267 Primary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556582 RELICS or ARTIFACTS:   Pottery, tools, furniture, clothing, buildings]]> 2017-12-03 01:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556582 Secondary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556883
  • Accounts of the past by people (text books, paintings, essays or reviews, etc.), about events after they happened - "second-hand" information.  
  • may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. 
    • ]]>     2017-12-03 02:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212556883     Secondary Sources cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212557872 PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias]]> 2017-12-03 02:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212557872 How do Primary and Secondary Sources differ? cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212558750 While primary  sources are the original records created by firsthand witnesses of an event, secondary sources are documents, texts, images, and objects about an event created by someone who typically referenced the primary source for their information. An eyewitness account of an event is almost always a more accurate source of information than a secondary source - the account comes directly from someone who experienced the event.]]> 2017-12-03 03:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212558750 What is History then?... cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559124 History is ....someone taking primary sources and playing detective.]]> 2017-12-03 03:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559124 What do detectives do? cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559328
  • They look at evidence and...
  • Use it to tell a story of what might have happened
    • ]]>     2017-12-03 03:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559328     So ,,, cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559470
  • Primary Sources are evidence.
  • Historians are detectives
  • Secondary Sources are theories based on evidence.
    • ]]>     2017-12-03 03:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559470     Furthermore... cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559557 Take 10 historians to the same archeological site, and they may come up with 10 different theories of what happened there, due to different perspectives, personal biases, and cultural differences.]]> 2017-12-03 03:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559557 In this class, you are historians cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559858 How do you see it?]]> 2017-12-03 03:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212559858 You will look at evidence... cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212560196 and draw your own conclusions]]> 2017-12-03 03:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212560196 Here's another method or strategy you can use... APPARTS cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212560563
  • A - Author
  • P - Place and Time
  • P - Prior Knowledge
  • A - Audience
  • R - Reason
  • T - The Main Idea
  • S - Significance
    • ]]>     2017-12-03 04:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212560563     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561832 A - Author:  
    • Who made/wrote this? 
    • Do we have any way of knowing? 
    • You should look closely at who authored or created the piece. 
    • What do you know about the author that would affect the reliability of the document? 
    ]]>     2017-12-03 04:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561832     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561867 P - Place and Time: 
    • When and where was the source made or written, and how might this affect the meaning of the document? 
    • If time and place is not given in the source, are there clues within the document or object that may reveal the time and place of origin?
    ]]>     2017-12-03 04:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561867     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561935 P - Prior Knowledge:  
    • Based on the author and time and place of the source, what additional knowledge can you gain from this document? 
    • What did you know about this before looking at it?
    ]]>     2017-12-03 04:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561935     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561982 A - Audience:  
    • Who was the source created for, and how might this affect the reliability of the object or document?  
    • Is it trying to convince somebody of something? 
    • Can you trust it?
    ]]>     2017-12-03 04:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212561982     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562037 R - Reason:  
    • Why was this document produced at the time and place it was? 
    • Is it trying to convince somebody of something?  
      • To enforce laws?
      • To preach morals?
      • To entertain?
    Note: Prior knowledge, time and place, author, audience are all a factor in order to determine reason. 
    ]]>     2017-12-03 05:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562037     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562083 T - The Main Idea:  
    • What is the point the source is trying to make? 
    • What is it about and what happened here?
    ]]>     2017-12-03 05:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562083     A.P.P.A.R.T.S. Strategy cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562116 S - Significance:  
    • Why is this important?  
    • What does it tell us about the people it was written for?  
      • Their morals? 
      • How they lived?  
      • What they enjoyed?
    ]]>     2017-12-03 05:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212562116     Now it's your turn... cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212704735 Here's how you'll do it...]]> 2017-12-04 04:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212704735 APPARTS cburke24 https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212744567 Overview]]> 2017-12-04 08:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cburke24/mug0qqhvynfr/wish/212744567