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Hist. Primary source

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What is a primary source   Direct evidence of a time and place  
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What is a secondary source   Interpretation often made by scholars that are based on examination of primary sources  
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Why use primary sources   It helps give people a feeling of what they're doing is real and they are not tampered with so that they are directly given without extra opinion  
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Why might you not use primary sources   Primary sources are biased so you must look at many different sides to get the full story  
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Which questions should you apply when using primary sources   How does the author know these details Where does this information come from Are the authors conclusions based on one piece or multiple  
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Compare how to interpret a document from a visual source   Did the writer experience the events- doc. Vs what does the image show- pic Doc what was the author trying to show vs who what dominates your eye What bias does it reflect vs what is excluded from view  
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How are historians detectives   Historians also must find evidence and dig deeper like a detective  
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