Man v Machine F18
Published on Oct 19, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GOAL:
Determine what types of primary sources might be useful and know where to find them.
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How would you find out what you don't know? What types of sources would you use?
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What is a primary source?
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PRIMARY SOURCE:
A source of information created at the time of the period under study.
What are some examples of types of primary sources?
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TERTIARY SOURCE?
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Painting of a railroad based on the artist's observation of the railroad.
Painting of a railroad as it looked in 1876, painted in 1910.
Map of the New York subway system in 1904.
What if that map was created in 1904 by a Bostonian who made the map based on letters exchanged with a New Yorker?
Encyclopedia from 2013
that describes nuclear weapons development in the 1950s.
What if you were using that encyclopedia as an example for a study on 21st century perspectives on the Cold War?
What do you need?
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Machine-breaking in England
What primary sources?
- News accounts of machine-breaking incidents
- Personal accounts of protestors who participated in machine-breaking
- Legal documents/litigation after property destruction
Where to look?
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Research Guides
- Primary Sources
- History
- History of Science and Technology
- Finding Images
Try these sources first
- Accessible Archives
- 19th Century Collections Online
- Library of Congress
- Making of the Modern World
Focus on Keywords
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Topics not types
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Things to Consider
- Who wrote it, and why?
- What can it tell you about the situation?
- Why type of bias might the author have, or what type of information might be missing?
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GOAL:
Determine what types of primary sources might be useful and know where to find them.
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