What is a primary source versus a secondary source? Please describe each and provide an example of each kind of source that we have used in the class so far. A primary source is a first-hand eyewitness account of an event or time period. Most of the time it is written or made during‚ or close to‚ the event or time period. It could be a creative writing‚ a primary source‚ a historical or legal document‚ work of art‚ music records‚ but original‚ not interpretive. A secondary source is a second-hand
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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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Katharine Concepcion Document: Sending Women to Virginia (1622) Source: Susan Myra Kingsbury‚ ed.‚ The Records of the Virginia Company of London (Washington‚ D.C.‚ 1906-1935)‚ Vol. I‚ pp. 256-57. 1. Who produced the document? How much do we know about the author? What are the assumptions and biases of the author? This article was written by Susan Myra Kingsbury. From what we can tell‚ Kingsbury put together a series of records from the Virginia Company. From this article‚ we can tell that
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created to shed light on the play. Secondary sources offer insight on what authors in the past have thought about Hamlet‚ and also how the thinking changes as time passes. I believe that secondary sources are good resources; however‚ one should not fully rely on it for an interpretation of the text. When reading a secondary text there should be a balance between what the author is saying and what one personally thinks about the story. Secondary sources offer insight to what people think of Hamlet
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Text Type Context Purpose Audience Relationship Experts to learners Give out detailed information about a particular topic Interested people Information Non-narrative text type designed to document‚ organize and store factual information. Knowledgeable people to people with no or little information about a topic learners Examples Encyclopedia Dictionary References Leaflets/Brochures Those wishing to be informed Explanation Instruction Exposition
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Choose one every day and one literary text. Using at least two analytical techniques from E301‚ analyze and compare your two texts in terms of their creativity and literariness‚ drawing on material from both parts of the module. In this paper I will analyze and compare a literary text and an everyday text‚ in terms of their creativity and literariness. I chose Philip Larkin’s (1964) poem‚ ‘Self’s the man’ (see Appendix‚ Text 1)‚ as the literary text for analysis because it is not only smooth and
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Source Analysis Reference: Chiu A.‚ Mequit M. Gehringer T.‚ Heizenburg J. Welch and Brett A. Neilan (2011). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Does α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic Acid (BMAA) Play a Role in Neurodegeneration?‚ 19. WHO What do you know about the person who created this source? The authors of this document are biostatisticians and have had experience in understanding concepts of ALS and Cyanobacteria by completing various experiments recording
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University of Phoenix Material Reliable Sources Worksheet Locate three sources in the University Library on a topic of your choice. Provide the required information for each sources. Source 1 Author: Marconi‚ Andrew Date: 2011-06-07 Title: Gendered Unemployment Publication: Yale Economic Review Peer Reviewed? Yes What words did you use to find this article? Unemployment What type of article is this (research‚ summary‚ reflection‚ essay‚ etc.)? Scholarly Journal Did this article
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University of Phoenix Material Reliable Sources Worksheet Locate three sources in the University Library on a topic of your choice. Provide the required information for each sources. Source 1 Author: Wang Ying; Zhang Hai-feng. Date: Mar 2012 Title: The Application of English Movies in Higher Vocational English Teaching. Publication: Mar 2012 Peer Reviewed? No What words did you use to find this article? Movies What type of article is this (research‚ summary‚ reflection‚ essay
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Primary Source Analysis Project The letter I have researched was written by Livingstone to his son Robert M. Livingstone. It was sent from River Zambesi May 31‚ 1859. In this letter‚ there are three major themes including: slavery‚ religion‚ and fatherly advice. He made it clear in the end of the letter that his words were written specifically for Robert and his brother Thomas and no one else‚ leading to the conclusion the words in this letter are from his heart and very personal. He trusts his
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