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Primary and Secondary Sources

Philadelphia Writing Project

Invitational Summer Institute

Day 4 — 18 July 2019

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Stop and Jot

Wait, so, what is a primary source, anyway?

And why should I care?

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Primary and Secondary Source Sort

Sort the resources into groups:

1. Primary sources or

2. Secondary sources;

Be able to justify why an item should be in the groups you create

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Primary and Secondary Sources

Below is a definition for a primary source that appears on the Library of Congress website.

Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.

What is your reaction to this definition?

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Primary and Secondary Sources

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Stop and Jot

Wait, so, what is a primary source, anyway?

And why should I care?

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Monuments, Murals, and Stories We Tell

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Inquiry into Columbus: 2009

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Thinking / Reading / Writing Like a Historian

We’ve read a few pieces by Sam Wineburg and one by Bain.

What has he said about thinking / reading / writing like a historian that is relevant to the Christopher Columbus unit and to working with both primary and secondary sources?