PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES PRESENTATION

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

1. QUARTER 1 I WEEK 1 I Day 3 Presented by: Ryan Romnick B. Sanchez, PhD ENGLISH 10

2. Identify and Share… Directions: Identify what is being asked/describe and tell something about it.   1. It is a firsthand account of events. 2. It provides analyses of evidence 3. It is a collection of primary and secondary sources

3. Objectives: Recognize the characteristics of information Read the text and get information from it

4. Compare and Contrast! Directions: Using a 3 circle Venn diagram, compare the various sources of information

5. Be informed with information.   Characteristics of Information 1. Accuracy. Information should be reliable, useful, free from flaws and of high quality. 2. Completeness. Information should provide all needed details. It should be able to answer the wh – questions (what, who, when, where why and how). 3. Timeliness . Information should be up to date. 4. Consistency. Information should be consistent for it to be considered accurate and useful. 5. Relevant. Information should suit the demand, needs and interests of the readers. 6. Uniqueness. Information should be distinct.

6. Task: Classify the source! Classify the key terms based on the characteristics of sources of information. Index Direct Shared Opinion Indirect Personal Authentic Summary Collection Firsthand Compilation Interpretation

7. Primary Sources Direct Personal First-hand Authentic

8. Secondary Sources Shared Opinion Indirect Interpretation

9. Tertiary Sources Index Summary Collection Compilation

10. 3. Tertiary Sources collection, compilation of primary and secondary sources Examples: bibliographies directories dictionary almanac abstracts indexes encyclopedias databases

11. Activity Directions: Read Bliss Abraham Lincoln’s The Gettysburg Address below. Then answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in your notebook.

12. FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT, A NEW NATION, CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY, AND DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CIVIL WAR, TESTING WHETHER THAT NATION, OR ANY NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO DEDICATED, CAN LONG ENDURE. WE ARE MET ON A GREAT BATTLE-FIELD OF THAT WAR. WE HAVE COME TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD, AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT LIVE. IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS. BUT, IN A LARGER SENSE, WE CAN NOT DEDICATE -- WE CAN NOT CONSECRATE -- WE CAN NOT HALLOW -- THIS GROUND. THE BRAVE MEN, LIVING AND DEAD, WHO STRUGGLED HERE, HAVE CONSECRATED IT, FAR ABOVE OUR POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT. THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE, BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE. IT IS FOR US THE LIVING, RATHER, TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. IT IS RATHER FOR US TO BE HERE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US -- THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION -- THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN --THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM -- AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. ABRAHAM LINCOLN/NOVEMBER 19, 1863

13. 1. Is the information primary, secondary or tertiary? Explain. 2. How many years do four score and seven years mean? 3. What greatest concern or emergency was mentioned by Lincoln in his speech? 4. Explain Lincoln’s message when he said that government is of the people, by the people and for the people? 5. What do you think was the occasion being celebrated when Lincoln delivered this speech. Explain your answer.