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What are Primary and Secondary Sources????????????????????

Study Vocab for this unit.  Analyzing Sources Review


 * Analyzing Sources of Information Quiz** - sign into Google to take the quiz. This quiz will be available online on Tuesday, 1/15 for Mrs. Utz's class.

You will need to read and explore the following websites to learn more about primary and secondary sources. Do each of these activities //__**in order**__// and fill out your paper for each one. Turn in your paper when you finish. This is homework if you don't finish. Due 1/8 1. [|What is a Primary Source and what is a Secondary Source] Historical Terms - Historical Sources Explained on your worksheet. 2. [|What kind of questions do historians ask of a source?] Historical Terms - Questions to ask of a source on your worksheet. 3. [|What can you learn from a painting?] Historical Sources - When Did You Last See Your Father? on your worksheet. 4. [|Primary or Secondary Source Quiz] You may do this online, but you should also complete the paper copy. 5. [|The Titanic Source Quiz] You may do this online, but you should also complete the paper copy.

// HAMMURABI'S CODE ANALYSIS - You will need a piece of loose leaf paper. Put your name, number, and date at the top. // =** Examining a Law **=
 * This is homework if you don't finish. **
 * Read this selection of laws from [|The Code of Hammurabi] Hammurabi was the Akkadian king of the Babylonian Empire which controlled all of Mesopotamia. His laws were inscribed onto eight foot tall stone tablets or "stelae" and were among the first to ever be recorded. (click on the word "stelae" to see the primary source of the Code) **
 * 1. Visit the laws, and be a historian. Ask some WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW questions of this primary source. Write your questions on a piece of loose leaf paper. **
 * Directions: Choose 1 of Hammurabi's Laws from the [|A Selection from the Code of Hammurabi]. Carefully read the law you chose and write it on a piece of loose leaf paper. Answer the following questions for the law: **
 * 2. Write the law as it's stated in the Code of Hammurabi. **
 * 3. Who is involved? **
 * 4. What are they told to do or not to do? **
 * 5. What are the stated consequences of complying or not complying with the law? **

=** Comparing Hammurabi to Today **=
 * Directions: Using the law you just analyzed, state the law in your own words. Then compare the law to a law we have today. **
 * 6. Law (in your own words): **
 * 7. How is it similar to a law today? **
 * 8. How is it different from laws today? **

[|Primary Investigations] - Use this with your packet.

When you finish with the Primary/Secondary source activities above, please choose one of the following.

1. [|Rags to Riches] - practice identifying primary and secondary sources and see how high you can get on the money ladder. 2. [|Primary vs. Secondary sources] - another game to help you practice identifying different sources.

. [|The Graham Children] Use your Photo Analysis Worksheet to analyze this painting.
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List People, Objects, and Activities in the painting. Infer three things about the painting. Ask questions about the painting.

You be the historian! Use this website to investigate the history of the Springer family who lived 200 years ago! [|You Be the Historian] 19th century folk music - Listen and make objective and subjective observations Folkmusic of America [] []

Folkmusic of England, Scotland, Whales, and Ireland []

Negro Spirituals []

and another here [|Port Hadlock, Washington Territory] [|Audio Artifacts]
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