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Works Cited Periodicals Expert Deprecates Too Open Charity New York Times 12 June 1908 n pag The New York Times Web 17 Dec 2014 httpquerynytimescommemarchive freepdfres9904E2. Why use Primary Sources 1 Primary sources provide firsthand evidence of historical events which makes them seem more real This in turn will peak student interest 2 Primary sources force students to use critical thinking skills to interpret material They are in their original form diaries letters photos etc usually without explan ation or inte rpretation Secondary sources are often written some time after an event happened by people who were not present when the event o ccurred Secondary source Warwick History Dissertation. Questions. Do you need to use ‘primary sources’ and ‘archives’ in writing a dissertation?. What do these two terms mean?. How do you find this material?. How do you make effective use of this material in completing a dissertation?. A Presentation by . Dr. Therese Rizzo. therese.rizzo@uncp.edu. 910-522-5802. How Can Primary Sources Change the Way We Read Fiction?. The . Scarlet Letter, . Nathaniel Hawthorne . A . n. ovel that uses Puritanism and the seventeenth century as a frame to critique nineteenth-century hypocrisy and bigotry. . Courtney J. Campbell. Department of History. c. ourtney.j.campbell.1@vanderbilt.edu. Definitions. What is a primary source?. What is a secondary source?. Definitions. “Primary sources are original materials. They are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation. Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based. They are usually the first formal appearance of results in physical, print or electronic format. They present original thinking, report a discovery, or share new information.”. vs.. secondary sources. Which is which?. Primary source. Primary sources are original materials. . They . are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation. . What are they? . How do we use them in our classrooms?. Dr. Melissa . Radeke. EDU 5340 Social Studies Methods. Primary Source Definition. Original materials.. Historians classify primary sources as artifacts, documents (including letters, journals, newspapers, birth certificates, licenses, etc.), visuals, recordings, or other sources of information created at the time of study.. Pine View Elementary . 3. rd. Grade. What is a Primary Source?. Original artifacts that come from the past.. Examples. Photographs, drawings, letters, diaries, documents, books, films, posters, play scripts, speeches, songs, sheet music, and first-person accounts that are recorded at the time of an event.. Library Lesson. Primary Source. Primary means: first, firsthand, direct. So, a primary source is something written or created by someone who . experienced the event firsthand, personally or directly . How we learn about the past?. Two types of sources. Primary Sources. Secondary Sources. Primary Sources. Information about . an event that . comes directly from a person who experiences an event.. Secondary Sources. In many states and districts, teachers and their students are preparing to meet guidelines and take examinations that require close attention to single documents. The educational benefits from such an approach can be numerous: students learn to read closely, to interpret documents in historical context, to ground argument in concrete evidence, and to explicate large historical meanings from primary sources. But perhaps above all, such documents can be a stimulus to the imagination. They can “humanize” history. And once the imagination is engaged, there is no limit to learning. . Urban II. : Letter of Instruction to the Crusaders, December 1095. . Urban, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to all the faithful, both princes and subjects, waiting in Flanders; greeting, apostolic grace, and blessing. . When using the internet for sources, be sure to check the reliability of any site.. Some rules to follow:. If you can find the same information in three different places, it is probably reliable.. If a website also has a print version (such as a newspaper or magazine, it is probably reliable.. Detail of a miniature of a hermit at work on a manuscript, from the Estoire del Saint Graal, France . (Saint-Omer or Tournai?), c. 1315 – 1325, Royal MS 14 E III, f. 6v. USING SOURCES. While it can be useful to know the difference between types of sources, just like it can be useful to know the difference between different building materials, they mainly useful because of what you can do with them. .