• Please turn in your 2 CLIMOGRAPHS to the basket.

Warm UpIs this a primary resource or a secondary resource?

What about this one?

Student Expectation• Analyze and Evaluate primary and

secondary resources to determine their geographic value to researchers.

Primary Sources

Primary Source:Source created by a person whom

actually saw or participated in an event

DDiDiaries – PRIMARY SOURCEDear Diary,

OMG! Today when I was in class a boy in front of me farted and I almost threw up!

DDiLetters – PRIMARY SOURCE

DDiMaps – PRIMARY SOURCE

Ot Other primary sources: original documentssongsstampsphotographspolitical cartoonsnewspaper articles interviews

Must have occurred at the time of the event!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ActivityCreate an example of a primary source from the days of September 10-15

You have 5 minutes

GO!!!

Secondary Sources

Source created by someone not present when the event took place

Let’s think….A newspaper article written about the revolutionary

war would be????

Primary source!! It was a reporters

reaction to a recent event.

But….A newspaper article written about the tragedy of

bunker hill NOW would be….

SECONDARY SOURCE! It was a

reporter’s reflection of a past event,

separated by time.

How can I tell if it’s a valid source?

Look for BIAS Bias: to show prejudice for or against something.

Example: Would you really believe a letter in favor of smoking from the PRESIDENT of a tobacco company? Umm..NO. He is BIASED.

How can I tell if it’s a valid source?

Look for CONTRADICTION Contradiction: To completely change stories midstream.

Example: Would you really believe an interview of a suspect in a crime if he kept changing his story? Umm…NO… He is CONTRADICTING himself.

ACTIVITY…ACTIVITY!! Part oneEVALUATE and ANALYZE

Let’s look at some documents and take them APPARTS. (Bad spelling, but work with me)

Ask yourself these questions…

A uthor?Place and time?Prior knowledge?Audience?Reason?The main idea?Significance?

IS THIS A PRIMARY DOCUMENT????? TELL ME WHY