primary sources
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aka...How to Read Primary Sources
"I See Dead People..."
Primary Sources are the raw materials
of history
They bring history alive.
They develop your "brain power."
Look closely at the images.• Who created this
primary source?• When was it created?• Why was it created?
• What do you see that you didn’t expect?
• What powerful words and ideas are expressed?
• What questions does it raise?
• What feelings and thoughts does the primary source trigger in you?
• What was happening during this time period?• Where was this first published?
• Why this subject? • What was included? • What was excluded?
• Where does your eye go first?• Who was the intended audience
for this photo?
• What else do you need to know to draw a conclusion?
• Can you find other sources that support or contradict this one?
Photo and Text Citations
Wanted Poster For Runaway Slave. Corbis. 2006.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Cartoon about President Johnson's unpopularity. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
African-American cowboys.. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ First African-American members of Congress.. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Citations, con't
NYC African-American parade for 15th Amendment.. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
African-American couple in their Virginia home.. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
In the North, African Americans were not free.. IRC. 2005.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
African American Soldier Reads Segregated Terminal Sign. Corbis. 2009.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Citations, con't
African American Students Wave at Empty Bus During Boycott. Corbis. 2009.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009 http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Slave Auction Advertisement. Corbis. 2009.Discovery Education. 16 July 2009http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
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