This document is a slide presentation on identifying and analyzing primary and secondary sources. It is meant for a 3rd grade class and contains 100 slides. The presentation defines primary and secondary sources, provides examples of each, and explains why it is important to identify and use primary and secondary sources when studying history. It includes instructional content, review questions, and a post-test to assess learning. The presentation guides students through the material using narration and buttons to navigate between slides.
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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SOURCES:
A UNIT ON HOW TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SOURCES
By: Kem Owens
kjowens@email.sc.edu
EDET 722-J61
April 30, 2017
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Welcome!
This unit on primary and secondary sources is
for 3rd grade students. This unit should take
approximately 15 minutes to navigate. When the
unit is completed, there is a posttest to assess
the information learned.
There will be narration throughout this unit.
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The purpose of this unit is to learn how to
identify and analyze primary and secondary
sources when studying historical periods.
Learning how to identify and analyze primary
and secondary sources is important because it
will help deepen your understanding of the past.
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What you need to know before starting…
Before beginning this unit you will need to know:
1.What a document and artifact is.
2.What the word primary means.
3.What the word secondary means.
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Unit organization
This unit is organized into
sections.
• Review section first
• Four instructional component sections.
• After the instruction, there will be review
questions.
• After the presentation is complete, you will
complete the posttest
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After completion of this module, the
learner will be able to:
• Give a definition of a primary or secondary source
• Identify if a source is primary or secondary
• Explain why primary and secondary sources are important
• Analyze primary and secondary sources to increase
knowledge and understanding of a specific historical
event
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Terms Definitions
Document A document is a written journal,
letter, or legal writings.
Artifact Something that was created and
helps understand the past.
Primary Primary means first.
Secondary Secondary means second, or next,
after first.
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Let’s try an example
together.
This item is a clay pot and was found by scientists.
Would we consider this a document or an
artifact?
Yes! This was created by someone, which makes it
an artifact, and it tells us about certain cultures.
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Let’s do one more…
If you and a friend were racing and you came
in first, would you be considered the primary
or secondary winner?
If you said primary winner, then you are correct!
Primary means first, so since you came in first place,
you are the primary winner!
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Practice for the review: Pick the term that matches the
definition.
1. A written journal, letter, or legal writings.
A. Primary B. Secondary C. Document D. Artifact
2. First means…
B. Primary C. Secondary
D.
Document
A. Artifact
4. Coming after first means…
3. Something created that helps us understand more about a
historical period.
D.
Secondary
A. Secondary D. Primary
C. Primary
C. Artifact
B. ArtifactA. Document
B. Document
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that teach us about historical
periods are artifacts.
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Now you are
ready to start the
instructional unit!
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Defining primary and secondary
sources
Objective 1…
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A primary source is a first-hand
account of something that has
happened.Example: I saw the accident happen, so my
testimony would be considered a primary
source.
In the example, your words would be considered a
primary source because you were first to see the
accident.
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Examples of primary sources
include:
letters journals
photographsmaps
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A secondary source is a second-
hand account of something that has
happened.
In the example, Darla’s words would be considered
a secondary source because she was not at the
actual accident.
Example: Darla told me about the accident
that her grandmother saw happen on Main
Street.
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Examples of secondary sources
include:
Magazine articles
EncyclopediasTextbooks
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Let’s do an example
together:
Which of the following is an example of a
primary source?
A newspaper
A set of textbooks A piece of chocolate
cake
Did you say newspaper?
That’s correct!
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Here’s one more:
Which of the following is an example of a
secondary source?
A newspaper
A set of textbooks A piece of chocolate
cake
Did you say textbooks?
That’s correct!
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Time to practice!
1. Which of these would be a good definition of a
primary source?
2. Which of the following would be considered a
primary source?
a. Primary sources are first-hand accounts of
historical events.
a. An ice cream
truck
c. Painting of a
king
b. Primary sources are second-hand accounts of
historical events.
b. Stuffed animal
Directions: For each question, click the answer you feel is correct.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Things like newspaper articles,
photographs, historical paintings, and
artifacts are all examples of primary
sources.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Things like newspaper articles,
photographs, historical paintings, and
artifacts are all examples of primary
sources.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Things like newspaper articles,
photographs, historical paintings, and
artifacts are all examples of primary
sources.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Things like newspaper articles,
photographs, historical paintings, and
artifacts are all examples of primary
sources.
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3. Which of these would be a good definition of a secondary source
4. Which of the following would be considered a
secondary source?
a. Secondary sources are first-hand accounts of
historical events.
b. Secondary sources are second-hand accounts of
historical events.
a. A biography of George Washington
b. A tool used by farmers in the 1800s
c. A shirt found at a clothing store.
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Remember that secondary sources are
second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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Identifying Primary Sources and
Secondary Sources
Objective 2…
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How do you know if a source is a primary
source?Documents such as letters,
journals, speeches,
autobiographies,
newspapers, and legal
documents are all
considered a primary
source.
Primary written
documents have key
words like I, me, we,
and us. They give a
first-hand account of
a historical event.
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Sometimes historians find things like clay pots,
tools, clothing, and fossils. These artifacts are all
considered primary sources.
Audio recordings are
considered primary
sources because they are
also in real time.
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Photographs are primary sources. Drawings or
paintings are also considered primary sources because
these were used to document events before
photography.
Videos are also considered
primary sources because they
are in real time.
1924 video promoting national parks
“Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country
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Identifying if sources are
secondary.
Secondary sources get their information
from something else. These are not first-
hand accounts.
Textbooks, encyclopedias, and magazines
all offer information that is gained from a
primary sources, like through interviews or
other resources.
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Let’s do an example together…
The following quote is from Abraham
Lincoln:
“America will never be destroyed from
the outside. If we falter and lose our
freedoms, it will be because we
destroyed ourselves.”
How do we know this is a primary source? What clues
help us know?Did you see the word we in the quote? This helps us know
that this is a primary source. Also, it is a direct quote, and
direct quotes are primary sources.
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Time to practice!
1. A newspaper article about a swim meet
where the author wrote the article while at the
meet.
2. A picture of a Civil War soldier
standing in front of his tent.
3. Your social studies textbook. 4. A clay pot found buried in Edgefield,
S.C.
a. Primary
a. Primary
a. Primary
a. Primary
b.
Secondary
b.
Secondary
b.
Secondary
b.
Secondary
Directions: For each question, decide if the given source is primary or secondary.
Click the answer you feel is correct.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Things like newspaper articles,
photographs, historical paintings, and
artifacts are all examples of primary
sources.
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Remember that secondary sources are
second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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Remember that secondary sources are
second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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Remember that secondary sources are
second hand accounts of events.
Things like textbooks, magazines, and
biographies are all examples of secondary
sources.
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Objective 3…
The importance of using primary
and secondary sources
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Why are primary sources important?
Primary sources give
us a glimpse into the
past.
Primary sources help us
understand what life was
like long ago.
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Ways primary
sources help
us
understand
historical
events.
Pictures and paintings
show us what people
wore, what different
places looked like, how
everyday life was, and
show us what was
important to people at
that time.
Audio helps us to hear
important speeches and
testimonies of others about
historical events.
Artifacts show us tools
that were used long
ago. They also show us
how everyday tasks
were accomplished with
tools and different types
of pottery used by
people long ago.
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Why are secondary sources
important?
Secondary sources give us information
about other people, like in biographies.
Secondary sources report
information about research or data.
Secondary sources give factual information
gathered or reported by others.
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Ways
secondary
sources help
us
understand
historical
events.
Textbooks and
magazines can
give us
information
from accounts
of others.
Textbooks
and
encyclopedias
give us factual
information
taken from
other people’s
research or
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Let’s complete an example together
Can you give a reason why we use primary and
secondary sources to learn about historical
events?
To help us
understand and
learn about the
past.
To give us a
front row
seat to
history.
To let us see
what things
looked like
long ago.
To show us how
artifacts were
used like tools
and clay pots.
If you gave any of the answers below, or a similar answer,
you are correct!
Primary and secondary sources are excellent
tools to help us understand the past.
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Time to practice!
1. What are some reasons that we use primary
sources?
a. Primary sources are used to give us an understanding of the past.
b. Primary sources are used to show us what life was like during a specific time
period or historical event.
Directions: For each question, click the answer you feel is correct.
c. Primary sources show us how people dressed and other things about their culture.
d. All of these are reasons we use primary sources
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2. Which primary source might help us understand
the past?
a. A speech given by a historical leader talking about the problems in their
country at that time.
b. A textbook entry about a battle in the American Revolutionary War.
c. A biography about Abraham Lincoln.
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3. What are some reasons that we use secondary
sources?
a. Secondary sources give
information about research.
b. Secondary sources tell
personal accounts of others.
c. Secondary sources give us
information about other people,
like in biographies.
d. All of these are reasons we
use secondary sources.
4. Which secondary source might help us understand
the past?
a. A picture of downtown
Greenville, SC in 1910.
b. A magazine article written
in 2017 about rationing
during World War II.
c. A painting of Native
Americans doing a war dance
painted at the time of the
event.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Primary sources give us deeper
understanding about historical events.
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hand accounts of events.
Primary sources give us deeper
understanding about historical events.
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hand accounts of events.
Primary sources give us deeper
understanding about historical events.
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hand accounts of events.
Primary sources give us deeper
understanding about historical events.
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Remember that primary sources are first
hand accounts of events.
Primary sources give us deeper
understanding about historical events.
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Remember that secondary sources are
second hand accounts of events.
Secondary sources give us information
about people and places through research.
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second hand accounts of events.
Secondary sources give us information
about people and places through research.
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second hand accounts of events.
Secondary sources give us information
about people and places through research.
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second hand accounts of events.
Secondary sources give us information
about people and places through research.
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second hand accounts of events.
Secondary sources give us information
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Objective 4…
Analyzing a Primary or Secondary
Source
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Why analyze documents, photographs, books, speeches, and
other primary or secondary sources?
Analysis of primary or
secondary sources gives us an
insight into how people thought
and felt long ago.
Analyzing primary and
secondary sources gives
you a front row seat to
history!
Looking at primary and
secondary sources allows the
student (you) to be in charge of
your own learning.
Analyzing pictures and paintings
show us how things looked long
ago and we can make
comparisons between then and
now
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So how do we analyze primary and secondary
sources?
Analyzing sources are all about
asking questions.
• Who created the source?
• Why did they create this?
• What was the author trying to convey or show to the
audience?
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What things do you notice about the
sources?
• What do you
see?
• Who was the intended
audience?
• How do you think the artifact was
used?
• Where was this created?
Analyzing is all about coming to your own conclusions
about historical ideas.
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Let’s do an example together of analyzing a
source.
What types of questions would you ask about this
photograph?
What are some conclusions that you would come to?
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Time to practice!
1. Which of the following questions would be a valuable question to consider when
analyzing this photograph?
Directions: For each question, click the answer you feel is correct.
a. What
message was
the
photographer
trying to convey
or show by
taking this
photograph?
b. What is the
photographer’s
favorite kind of
ice cream?
c. How many
photographs did
the
photographer
take throughout
his career?
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2. Which of the following questions would be a valuable question to consider when
analyzing this photograph of this Native American and man?
a. What store
did they buy
their clothes
from?
b. Which person
is taller?
c. What clear
differences are
shown in the
picture between
the two men?
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Remember when analyzing a primary source
we want to ask questions about the source.
Think about what you see and what
message the author is trying to convey.
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Remember when analyzing a primary source
we want to ask questions about the source.
Think about what you see and what
message the author is trying to convey.
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we want to ask questions about the source.
Think about what you see and what
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we want to ask questions about the source.
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Posttest
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