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Definition:
document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.
Types of primary sources include:
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records
Example of primary source:
Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII
Definition
interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.
Types of seconday sources include:
PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias
Examples of secondary sources include:
A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings
A history textbook
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Find a counterclaim
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Determine if website
is credible
Find Primary
Source &
Secondary
Source
to respond to a statement with a different viewpoint
Claim - "Mom, I need a new cellphone because mine cracked!"
Counter Claim - "No you don't because it works just fine with the cracked screen!"
*Use Discus to help find Points of View
www.scdiscus.org
1) A-Z List
2) Points of View
Reference Center
3) Type in topic
'Animal Experimentation'
4) Points of View
(left hand side)
If an issue is covered are both sides presented?
Is the page selling a product?
Are the sources documented?
Does the website link to other credible sites?
Is there an author?
Does it show his/her education experience?
Does the website have .edu .gov at the end?
Does the information seem accurate?
Has the website been updated?
Is the website free of spelling errors or dead links?
credible - believable
reasonableness - fair
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