His 111: United states history to 1877 Essay #1: Summary of “Working with Sources” When we are giving information‚ whether a text or speech‚ our knowledge must have a good basis. Using sources would amplify the quality of our message‚ but first of all‚ it is completely necessary to understand what is a source and how many types of sources exists. First‚ what is a source? Oxford Dictionary says “A book or document used to provide evidence in research”. Is a very
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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES What is Primary Sources? * Primary sources are original materials. Generally‚ primary sources are not accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. * Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary‚ although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. * Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders
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My primary source is Herodotus’ description of Egypt and the Egyptians. I found this primary source on our supplemental moodle page under the Egypt heading‚ as it was an assigned reading for us when we were discussing Egypt in class. This primary source comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Herodotus. He was born in 484 BCE‚ and lived to 425BCE. He is most known for his writing of the histories‚ which is a series of 6 books. The second‚ of whom we will be focusing on‚ goes into much detail about
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understanding of a primary source is as follows. A primary source is a source that is the most reliable source available. A primary source is coming directly from the person and or group that experienced first-hand what is written in the primary source. A primary source is from the time period when said event happened in. The importance in studying primary sources is because the more original a source is generally is the more reliable source. It is important to study primary sources to get more accurate
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Source A is supposed to be a valuable one because it’s adapted from Lenin’s April Theses for Peace‚ thus offering a perspective on the Revolution from the Bolshevik Party leader himself. However‚ the fact that it’s ‘adapted’ lowers its credibility‚ as the document might have suffered misleading changes‚ meant to portray Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a certain way. Moreover‚ the extract is published by the official communist newspaper which indicates a clear bias in favour of the Bolshevik Revolutionaries
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Primary Source Essay Assignment In my point of view‚ history portrays the past. While reading a American history book‚ people would only focus on the essential events that trigger their emotions; however‚ they should recognize the American history are dominated by three elements- race‚ class‚ and gender. In the rest of the assignment‚ I would use several primary sources documents to analyze how gender had made a big impact in the American history. It would signify the hardships that women endured
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Yang Yue 301230807 November 6‚ 2015 Primary Source Analysis Contact and Conflict European explorers have great impact on Canadian history. Their Journals are important historical documents for historians to study the Canadian history. Because these journals appeared in many kinds of forms and provided very detailed information about early Canada before confederation. These documents portray very vividly the life in Canada and shows that the process to confederation is full of contacts and conflicts
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Primary Source Analysis Thomas Paine Common Sense Context: In result of The Seven Years’ War Britain controlled American trade and territory. In order to pay for the expenses of the war several taxation acts and military presence were implemented such as the Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Currency Act‚ Quartering Act and the presence of British troops at the colonies. Consequently‚ Americans who thought these actions violated their political and constitutional liberties opposed these policies with petitions
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Potter 1 Rebecca Potter Gray Section 4975 12 May 2015 Primary Source Analysis on The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique is the title of a book written by Betty Friedan who has also founded The National Organization for Women (NOW) to help US women gain equal rights. She describes the "Feminine Mystique" as the heightened awareness of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a little girl‚ an uneducated and unemployed teenager‚ and finally as a wife and mother
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Primary Sources: Kant‚ Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Vasilis Politis. London: Dent‚ 1993. Nagarjuna. Madhyamakakarika. Edited by Kenneth K. Inada. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press‚ 1970. Secondary Sources: Allison‚ Henry. "Kant Transcendental Idealism." In A Companion to Kant‚ edited by Graham Bird‚ 111-124. Oxford: Blackwell‚ 2006. Ameriks‚ Karl. "Critique of Metaphysics‚ Structure and Fate of Kant’s Dialectic". In The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy
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