Using Primary SourcesUsing Primary Sources with Materials & Lessons with Materials & Lessons

from the from the Library of CongressLibrary of Congress

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012

Ms. Patricia BrownleeMs. Patricia BrownleeSocial Studies TeacherSocial Studies Teacher Lake Stevens Middle Lake Stevens Middle

SchoolSchool

Today’s Today’s Objectives:Objectives:

What is a primary source? What’s What is a primary source? What’s not?not?

Why Use Primary Sources?Why Use Primary Sources? Examine primary sourcesExamine primary sources Conduct primary sources analysisConduct primary sources analysis Visit & Familiarize yourself with Visit & Familiarize yourself with

the Library of Congress Websitethe Library of Congress Website

Primary Sources are:Primary Sources are: The The raw materials of historyraw materials of history

– – original documents & original documents & objectsobjects which were created at which were created at the time under study.the time under study.

They areThey are different fromdifferent from secondary sources, or secondary sources, or accountsaccounts or or interpretationsinterpretations of events of events created by someone created by someone withoutwithout firsthand experience. firsthand experience.

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

3 Steps of Primary Source 3 Steps of Primary Source AnalysisAnalysis

Observe:Observe: to watch somebody or to watch somebody or something attentively, especially for something attentively, especially for scientific purposes scientific purposes

Reflect:Reflect: to express or be an indicator to express or be an indicator of something , to think carefullyof something , to think carefully

Question: Question: to raise doubts about to raise doubts about something, especially about its truth, something, especially about its truth, genuineness, or usefulness genuineness, or usefulness

What do you observe?What do you observe?

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Any thoughts? What are Any thoughts? What are your reflections?your reflections?

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What questions do you What questions do you have? have?

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The activity will require the The activity will require the following resource: following resource: – Primary Source Analysis Tool Primary Source Analysis Tool

(Preliminary)(Preliminary)– Deconstruction Tool (Follow-Deconstruction Tool (Follow-

Up)Up)

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.html

This concludes this This concludes this portion of your portion of your workshop on workshop on

Primary Source Primary Source Document Analysis & Document Analysis &

InquiryInquiry

Thank you!

Please feel free to contact Please feel free to contact me for any reason.me for any reason.

Ms. Patricia BrownleeMs. Patricia Brownlee Social Studies TeacherSocial Studies Teacher www.Msbrownlee.com Lake Stevens Middle SchoolLake Stevens Middle School Cell Phone: 305.725.5744Cell Phone: 305.725.5744 E-mail: E-mail:

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