Primary source excercise Wk1
- Due Jan 22, 2022 at 11:59pm
- Points 10
- Questions 10
- Time Limit None
- Allowed Attempts 2
Instructions
Primary sources are the raw materials of history -- created by people who were there. Your textbook is what historians call a secondary source -- it's mostly modern historians telling the story, based on their research in primary sources.
But real historians (and we're real historians now, or will be) don't just settle for secondary sources, they want to go to the horse's mouth, so to speak. So each week we'll have a little exercise to spend some time with primary sources.
This week is just defining our terms. So start by reading this handout that I've adapted from the Library of Congress: Introduction to using primary sources.pdf
And then you're ready for the following little quiz. As with our other quizzes, you can exit this without submitting, and come back. You have two chances -- the best try will be kept. Most future Primary Source Exercises will require writing a paragraph, but this one is all multiple-choice.