COURSEWORK SEPTEMBER 2018 LESSON 2 PRIMARY SOURCES COURSEWORK
COURSEWORK SEPTEMBER 2018 LESSON 2: PRIMARY SOURCES
COURSEWORK LESSON 2: PRIMARY SOURCES Good learning: Great learning: Even better: Understand how to approach assessing a primary source Explain how to find the right primary sources Evaluate how well different sources would work Key Words:
TYPES OF SOURCES • SPEECHES • EXTRACT FROM BOOKS • DIARY ENTRIES/ MEMOIRS • LETTERS • LAWS/ CONSTITUTIONS/ FORMAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS • NEWSPAPER ARTICLES • INTERVIEWS • POLITICAL CARTOONS • IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRIMARY (AT LEAST TOW DIFFERENT TYPES) • THINK ABOUT HOW
FINDING SOURCES
FINDING SOURCES • AS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IT SHOULD BE EASY ENOUGH TO SEARCH AND FIND PRIMARY SOURCES USING GOOGLE. USE YOUR TIMELINE AND NOTES TO PIN POINT KEY EVENTS THAT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE PRIMARY SOURCES ON. • SOME THINGS WILL LEND THEMSELVES TO THIS MORE EASILY E. G. THE COMMUNICATION SECTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS OR THE PRESS/MEDIA/LITERATURE SECTION IN THE GERMANY ESSAY. • THERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THE BLOG • TALK TO YOUR TEACHER • LOOK AT EXAMPLES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
WHAT MAKES A GOOD SOURCE? • DISCUSS THIS QUESTION ON YOUR TABLES • PRODUCE A CHECK LIST THAT YOU CAN USE WHEN LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PRIMARY SOURCES TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING SOURCES THAT WILL WORK WELL.
ON YOUR LIST? • CONTENT DIRECTLY LINKING TO YOUR QUESTION • FITS INTO ONE OF YOUR THEMES • SUPPORTS OR CHALLENGES YOUR ARGUMENT/ VIEW. • YOU CAN COMMENT ON BOTH PROVENANCE AND CONTENT • THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS AS WELL AS VALUE
PRACTICE SOURCE ASSESSMENT • USE YOUR CHECK LIST TO ASSESS WHETHER YOU WOULD USE THE SOURCES PROVIDED
TASK: ON A WHITEBOARD, USE THIS TABLE TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THREE SOURCES TO FIT YOUR COURSEWORK WHAT THEME 1 2 3 SOURCE TYPE TIME PERIOD SOURCE IS IT/EVENT
Provenance Author Date Audience Type Purpose Valuable/limited Own Knowledge ?
Tone Own Knowledge Valuable/limited (why is this tone ? being used? )
Argument Own Knowledge Valuable/limited (is the argument ? true? )
OVERALL… HOW VALUABLE IS THIS IN RELATION TO YOUR QUESTION?
COURSEWORK LESSON 2: PRIMARY SOURCES Good learning: Great learning: Even better: Understand how to approach assessing a primary source Explain how to find the right primary sources Evaluate how well different sources would work Key Words:
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