This week my class and I learned about primary and secondary sources. We are using Primary and Secondary sources because we are writing an essay about a National Park. I chose to do Solstice Canyon for my essay. Primary and Secondary are the two main types of sources. The primary sources aren't always available like the secondary sources. Primary sources are sources that provide you with actual first-hand information. For example, it can be a newspaper, picture, document from the time an event happened. If you search the internet carefully you can find very useful primary sources. Another primary source is a personal interview. An example mentioned in our worksheet was an interview with a Holocaust survivor. Secondary Sources are interpretations or analyzes and interprets primary sources. It is second-hand account of an historical event and interprets creative work of the Primary Sources. For example, books essays, biographies, articles, etc. No matter which sources we get, if it's either Primary or Secondary, we will have to cite our sources. It is very important that our Work Cited page is written correctly. Make sure that is in alphabetical order because then you might get points taken off. Also if you don't do a Work Cited Page it will count as plagiarism and then you could get into a lot of trouble. That is why our teacher, Mrs. Todesco, is teaching us about Primary and Secondary sources and it will help us in the future.
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Not kyle
10/18/2016 11:06:13 pm
Cool website Julia I really like the lettering :D
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