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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Governments should make more effort to promote alternative sources of energy. To what extent do you agree or disagree? In today’s world‚ many countries have started utilizing alternative sources of energy. For my perspective‚ there are both positive and negative effects to discuss about whether governments need to promote alternative sources of energy or not. To begin with‚ the merits of the issue‚ using alternative sources of energy is one of the best policies to save our natural resources
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optic nerves superolaterally and optic chiasm posteriorly‚ resulting in visual impairment‚ the most common symptom on presentation (11). Preservation of visual function is the most important indication for surgery (12). The pure endoscopic endonasal approach have a number of advantages including: 1- elimination of brain retraction and a lack of optic nerve manipulation with the wide removal of cranial base bone; 2- devascularization by early control of vascular supply by of the tumor ‚3- preservation
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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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Primary Source Analysis In order to determine the validity of a source‚ to prove it is a primary source and not a secondary source‚ one must look at several things. There are many aspects about it that show its validity. These include; when the event the source is talking about took place compared to when the author wrote the piece and when they were alive‚ whether or not it was an eye-witness account‚ and the reason the author wrote about it. Also in the evaluation process of the source
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92. COMELEC Employees’ Walk-Out. technicians of the Commission on Elections walked out of their jobs after they were ordered to cheat the election returns in favor of President Marcos. 93. Military mutiny. February 23‚ 1986. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and AFP Vice Chief People administration. administration soldiers. Two days after‚ President Marcos went on exile to Hawaii. 94. Oath-taking of Corazon C. Aquino‚ the senator’s widow‚ and Salvador H. Laurel as President and
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HIST 100 Primary Source Analysis Part I: Paragraph Assignment—Authority & Order in the Classical West (20 points) Introduction & Purpose The first‚ and some would say principal‚ job of the historian is to discover both the meaning and the significance of historical evidence. This assignment will help you to continue to engage with a key problem facing historians of the early West: how to evaluate primary source evidence that can be both upfront and in some ways full of deceit. You will be
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Social Security Act (1935) With a dramatic increase in life expectancy and decreases in mortality rates‚ many old People live their later lives with chronic illnesses and disabilities. As a result‚ long-term care is becoming an important part of service to the elderly population. The US General Accounting Office (1994) reports that more than 12 million Americans need long-term care and 55% of them are people aged 65 or older (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). Accordingly‚ the government
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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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our brains are evolving and changing due to exposure–repeated exposure–to various activities on the computer. These changes have impacts on the traditional teaching-learning situations in classrooms and schools–particularly if one want to keep or focus the attention of students. In short‚ these so-called traditional teaching-learning style and practices might not be effective for the roaring digital minds. Does the use of digital technology really improve specific language‚ cognitive‚ or literacy
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