Powerpoint for Edu blog

1. How do we know what we know about times long past?
A good historian knows that information comes from a
variety of source.

2. There are two
kinds of sources:
A Primary
Source
and
A Secondary
Source

3.  A primary source is a first
hand account such as a
document, speech, or
other sort of evidence
written, created or
otherwise produced
during the time under
study.
 Primary sources offer an
inside view of a
particular event.

4.  Secondary sources
provide interpretation
and analysis of primary
sources.
 Secondary sources are
one step removed from
the original event or
"horse's mouth.“ A
textbook is a secondary
source.

5. Rev. Martin
Luther King’s
“I have a
dream” speech
is an example
of a
Primary
source.

6.  A Secondary source would be an
analysis of the event.
 “The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs
and Freedom, whose pinnacle was King's
speech, was part of a new strand of
political protest, the mass
demonstration, which was soon picked
up and used to great effect in student
revolts worldwide.”

7. Thanks!