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 * Using Documents in History.** toc



**Introduction ** Using documents is a fundamental skill for any historian. In this session we will learn how to use historical documents, how to judge their reliability, how to analyze the point of view of the author, how to distinguish between primary and secondary sources and how to integrate documents into your writing.

Monday, July 11th
Malden High vs. Medford Football

//The annual Malden versus Medford football game was played Friday night. Due to family commitments I was unable to attend the game. The game was decided when Donnell Wilson caught a touchdown pass on the last play of the 4th quarter giving Malden a 14-10 victory. Monday morning when I arrived at school "everyone" was talking about the "catch" and the victory. What I want to know is what REALLY happened and just how great of a play this catch actually was. Throughout the day I spoke to the following people in an attempt to obtain the truth. As I review each source I must constantly ask myself "what is the validity of each person's comment and what is their particular expertise in the area of high school football?"// //﻿Activity #1 //

**Create a new page titled "Using Documents"** **Upload the following document into your crocodoc account. **
 * Read and Mark-up the Documents using crocodocs.
 * Embed the 'marked up' document into your wikispace.
 * Below embedded documents answer the following questions


 * 1) Which document(s) do you think are **reliable**? Why?
 * 2) Which document(s) do you think are **unreliable**? Why?
 * 3) What are somethings that all documents agree on?
 * 4) What are somethings that the documents disagree about?
 * 5) Are there any other people that could have given a better account of what happened?


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Go to the discussion board of this page and post your thoughts on what happened in the football game. You are free to use evidence from the documents if you like.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Respond to the post of one other person.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">** ﻿ Primary vs. Secondary Sources ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Activity # 2

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Copy and paste the following questions and answers in your virtual notebook in the **Using Documents** page:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. What do you think the difference is between a primary and a secondary source?

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. How is an historian like a detective?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Actiivity #3: Let's Investigate

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click on this link: [|Do History] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click on the topic: ** On your Own ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Click on: **History Tool Kit** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Click on **Using Primary Sources**

**Read** using **Primary Sources** and then: **Below are some basic questions you should ask about sources:**
 * add **revsisions** to your answer to question 1 above in another color


 * 1) **Who wrote or made it?**
 * 2) **When was it written or made?**
 * 3) **Where was it written or made?**
 * 4) **Why was it written or made?**
 * 5) **What point is the author or creator trying to make?**
 * 6) **What evidence does this source contribute to your research?**

**In your virtual notebook** :


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Explain** why these questions are important to an historian's work?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Identify** which question you feel is the most important to an historians work and **explain** why

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Activity # 4:Types of Primary and Secondary Sources

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">﻿Now its your turn to identify what are some types of primary and secondary sources most often used by historians

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Below are two links that may help you in your search. Feel free to search for other sources!!


 * **In your virtual notebook, create lists for types of Primary and types of Secondary sources**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Sources Used in History]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Types of Primary Sources]

Activity #5: Summarizing Activity: 3-2-1 To conclude today, complete the following in your Summer Virtual Notebook:
 * List **// 3 //**things you learned today
 * List //**2**// questions you still have about what you learned today
 * Explain //**1**// thing you'd like to learn more about.

Tuesday, July 12th
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity #6: Test what you Know about Primary and Secondary Sources

Click on the link below which gives you the chance to identify primary and secondary sources:

[|On Line Lesson]

Click on **Begin the Lesson near the bottom of the page**

You are given two examples of how a topic can be a primary or a secondary source
 * **Read** **What are Historical Sources** near the bottom of the page
 * Create a similar example of an object or topic as a primary or secondary source. Place your example Under **Activity 5 of your Using Document**s **page** in your virtual notebook


 * Click next** and go to D**ifferences between Primary and Secondary Sources near the bottom of the page.** Go through the examples they give you and check your answers for accuracy.

When you feel you understand the differences of the examples given:


 * Click next** to **Questions to Ask Sources located near the bottom of the page**. When you feel you understand this information:


 * Click Next to Titanic Source Quiz at the bottom of the page**

Take the quiz Press finish when you have completed all the questions and see how you did!!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity # 7: Design your own Quiz on Primary and Secondary Sources

Review your lists of examples of types of primary and secondary sources

Select a topic or period in history (or psychology if you like)
 * Create a quiz made up of a least **eight** sources that represent primary and secondary sources on your selected topic.

Use the same format that was used in the on line lesson Share your on line quiz with a classmate or two.
 * Upload pictures of your selected sources into your virtual notebook under **Activity # 6** on your **Using Documents Page.**

Below are a few links you may want to look at to get you started on your selected topic:

[|NationalArchives Documents]

[|100 Milestones in American History]

[|Eye Witness to History]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Activity # 8: Reflection

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Now that you have reviewed the types of primary and secondary sources and practiced identifying the differences; take a fewe minutes to reflect on the importance of both types in the study of social studies.
 * **In your virtual notebook, write a paragraph on why both primary and secondary sources are essential to the the work of an historian**.
 * **Go back to your new academic words graphic and add definitions and connections to the new words you have added from our work so far this week**

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Wednesday and Thursday, July 13th & 14th
Note: When you have completed the activities for the session below take any remaining time to go back and make sure all assignments are complete and that you have made the necessary revisions to your work.

__**Using documents to assess the Presidency of Barack Obama**__

In this section we will look at how to analyze primary and secondary source documents. After learning how to analyze documents we will examine a number of documents to assess different views of President Obama.


 * Observe, Reflect, Question**

A basic framework for helping you analyze Primary Sources is to **Observe, Reflect and Question**. If you have ever completed an I see/It means or an APPARTS Chart you have already used this framework.

In the PDF below you can see how this framework is broken up. Take some time to read the Observe, Reflect and Question instructions.


 * **When you have read the Observe, Reflect and Question description create a new heading on your Using documents page titled Observe, Reflect and Question.**
 * **Save and then link the PDF below the heading.**
 * **Briefly summarize the process in your own words.**

Next we will complete an initial read and mark up of the documents.
 * **Using Crocodocs upload the following PDF and mark-up each of the documents.** [[file:Obama DBQ.pdf]]
 * **Embed the marked-up document into your wiki page**

After your initial mark up of the documents take some time time to look at each of the following guides.

How to analyze a political cartoon How to analyze a map How to analyze a photograph

After you have read the guides

Point Of View A really important part of document analysis is Point Of View (POV) analysis. In an earlier session you defined POV, in this session we will show you an easy way to think about POV. Below is an acronym that you should always remember when thinking about POV. Author - Who are they? What is their occupation? What else do we know about them? Context - Why are they writing/drawing/photographing this? When? Where? Effect - What is the effect of the above factors on the reliability/usefulness of the document? Here is an example of a POV analysis using the ACE method. I will analyze Document 1 from our DBQ
 * complete an Observe, Reflect, Question analysis for each document using the following template.[[file:Observe Reflect Question Chart.docx]]
 * Save 1 copy of the Observe, Reflect, Question sheets for each document to your files then upload onto wikispaces below your embedded crocodoc. (You could also copy and paste the completed charts directly onto your wikispace!)
 * Author:** is an artist - Does he know much about politics?
 * Context**:This was created before the 2008 election - most likely as a campaign poster for Obama.
 * Effect**: While this poster is really famous I wonder how reliable it is in presenting the views of most americans on Obama. judging by the fact Obama won I beleieve that most people saw Obama as a symbol of change and hope. The fact that this was created by artist makes me wonder whether the message or the look of the poster was more important? I also wonder whether he was appealing more to other people's tastes or representing his own views. It would be interesting to see if there is any artwork created to support McCain, Obama's revial in the 2008 election
 * By yourself complete 3 POV analyses and post it in the discussion forum
 * Respond to the POV analysis of one classmate

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