what are primary vs. secondary sources?. primary sources : created by those who eye-witnessed the...
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WHAT ARE PRIMARY
vs. SECONDARY
SOURCES?
PRIMARY SOURCES :
Created by those who eye-witnessed the
events of the past,
and who participate
in the present...
What are some primary sources
that provide a permanent record
about your own life?
Birth Certificate, School Report Card,
Diaries, Family Photos,
Letters to Friends,etc.
Understanding Geography
involves “questioning”
and “searching”…
Listening to eye-witness accounts of important events
around the world.
The ultimate challenge is to use primary sources to
understand an event better
through the eyes of the people who lived it.
What do you think has just happened?
WHAT TYPES OF PRIMARY SOURCES
help us understand GEOGRAPHY ?
1. Visual Documents:
Include photographs, films, paintings, posters, etc.
Satellite and Shuttle Images
MAPS…
CARTOONS…
2. Artifacts:
The everyday tools
and objects we use at
home, at work, etc.
Incan Ruins, Peru
3. Written Documents…
Include government records, newspapers,
editorials, diaries, letters, etc.
PersonalPapers…
Letter from Castro to FDR
Newspaper Firsthand Reports
Government
Documents
…diplomatic recognition
of Israel, 1948
Rule # 1.
All primary sources are subjective…
What we read about is merely someone’s interpretation of the past or the present...
Every source is biased in some way…
But even biased and opinionated sources can give us
important insight about the present and the past.
WHAT CAN PRIMARY
SOURCES TELL US?
How landforms were created…
The effect of natural events on our resources…
The effect of man-made events on our lives…
See how humans alter the land…
And transform it.
Understand different cultures…
Comparing common experiences…
How people live and thrive in difficult situations…
How holidays are celebrated…
How the arts
express different people’s
cultures…
See our influence in other
cultures…
See democracy working in other nations (Black South Africans’ line up to vote in their first elections)
Or how democratic practices are in need
(military rule and civil war, Zaire, 1990s)
Witness news events firsthand…(Return of Elian Gonzales to Cuba)
Empathizing with victims… (funeral for child victim of West Bank violence, Israel)
Seeing causes for conflicts
(Afghani fighters against Soviet invasion,
1980s)
Understanding other viewpoints(Protesting military bases in Puerto Rico)
Challenging a stereotype?
Understand America’s involvement in other nations…
Seeing political leaders
in action…
And leader’s influence on their people’s lives…
See ourselves through other’s eyes…