This document provides an overview of primary sources and how to analyze them. It defines a primary source as something created during a historical period to express views or reflect the world at that time. Primary sources can provide insights about biases and perspectives of their authors as well as the world during that period. To analyze a primary source, it recommends considering who the author was, what they were trying to accomplish, any biases they had, and placing the source in its proper historical context.

1. Primary Sources
Discovering What's Beneath the Surface
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2. Agenda
1. What is a primary source?
2. What can a primary source
tell us?
3. How can we analyze a
primary source?

3. What is a primary source?
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4. A primary source is something
created by an individual in history
to express their views, tell a story,
or reflect the world they live in

5. What can a primary source
tell us?
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6. Primary sources tell us about the
world at a particular point in time,
as well as the biases and place of
the author in society

7. How can we analyze a
primary source?
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8. Who is the author?
1. Are they male or female?
2. Are they educated? Where did
they obtain this education?
3. Are they religious? What
religion?

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10. What is the author trying to do?
1. Are they trying to persuade?
2. Are they trying to educate?
3. Are they trying to illustrate
something they see?

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12. What are the author's biases?
1. Who are they working for?
2. Who do they dislike?
3. Why are they creating this?

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14. Given what you know about the
author and the time period, what
is the primary source actually
saying?
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15. Thank you for your time!
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