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 * Activity # 1**

Documents 2, 5, and 7 are reliable documents because they are primary sources which means they are someone's first hand account. Documents 1 is an unreliable document because it is a secondary source. All documents agree on the fact that Malden won the game. Some documents say that the ball was caught by Donnell and it was all fair while some documents said Donnell played unfairly and never caught the ball, it just fropped into his hands. A person who could have given a better account of what happened is the audience because there is a huge audience and if we were to ask many of them they could have been a witness of what actually happened.
 * Which document(s) do you think are **reliable**? Why?
 * Which document(s) do you think are **unreliable**? Why?
 * What are some things that all documents agree on?
 * What are some things that the documents disagree about?
 * Are there any other people that could have given a better account of what happened?

1. What do you think the difference is between a primary and a secondary source? Primary is a direct response and report (source, basically) coming from a real witness or writing that was made by a real witness of a situation. Secondary is not totally accurate and coming from a witness. A primary source is someone's first hand account while a secondary source is someone's interpertation of a first hand account. 2. How is an historian like a detective? A historian is like a detective because historians have to think about a lot of things to put history together as a story to understand everything like a detective pieces everything together. They gather information to put together a story.
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These questions are important to a historian's work because it helps them to better analyze the the source and understand it's importance more. Why was it written or made? What evidence does this source contribute to your research? These two questions are most important to a historian's work because it helps fit all the pieces of what others have said in the past and develop a theory of understanding.
 * Activity # 3: Let's Investigate**
 * **Explain** why these questions are important to a historian's work?
 * **Identify** which question you feel is the most important to an historians work and **explain** why

- Artifacts - Letters - Diaries - Official public records(laws, speeches, treaties) - Autobiographies - Documents || - Books - Encyclopedia - Biographies - Dictionaries - Textbooks - Reference books - Ariticles ||
 * Activity # 4: Types of Primary and Secondary Sources**
 * Primary Sources || Secondary Sources ||
 * - Journals

3- Primary sources are a little bit more reliable then secondary There's primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. Secondary sources are essential too because they help you out with other ideas from other people or objects. 2- What are tertiary sources? Which source is used most by historians? 1- I want to know about when which source is used.
 * Activity # 5: Summarizing Activity: 3-2-1**

[|On Line Lesson] A Primary source is something that originates from the past. A Secondary source is something that has been made recently about the past.
 * Activity # 6: Test what you know about Primary and Secondary Sources**

Primary Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin published in 1791. Secondary Source: The biography of Benjamin Franklin written by Bruce E. Johansen

Declaration of Independence
 * Activity # 7: Design your own Quiz on Primary and Secondary Sources **
 * Picture || Primary or Secondary? ||
 * [[image:http://blog.tonisfoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/usa_declaration_of_independence1.jpg width="142" height="184"]] || 1. The actual Declaration of Independence created in 1776 ||
 * [[image:http://www.samplestry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Free-Pocket-Book-For-Constitution.jpg width="123" height="164"]] || 2. Book written about what was in the Declaration of Independence ||
 * [[image:http://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/the-annotated-constitution-241x300.jpg width="129" height="180"]] || 3. Book about how the Declaration of Independence came to be ||
 * [[image:http://www.history.com/images/topic/content/inline/loc-us-declaration-draft.gif width="148" height="168"]] || 4. Jefferson's drafts that were submitted ||
 * [[image:http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/BookImages/40027a.jpg width="178" height="166"]] || 5. A copy attached to the "rough journal of the Continental Congress for July 4th." ||
 * [[image:http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01435/declaration_1435690c.jpg width="238" height="161"]] || 6. Printed copies distributed too state assemblies, conventions, committees of safety, and commanding officers of the Continental troops ||
 * [[image:http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/a9/87/3a/mzi.ybgvotzl.100x100-75.jpg width="145" height="144"]] || 7. Song - "The Declaration of Independence Song" by Steffy Boyd ||
 * [[image:http://www.poetrypoetry.com/CharlieSez/00-01/OutlawPoetry.jpg width="203" height="203"]] || 8. Haiku - "Declaration of Independence" by O Ana Niemus ||

Primary and secondary sources are essential to the work of a historian because sometimes you need first hand accounts and sometimes you need witnesses. Sometimes we don't have enough primary sources so we have to use secondary sources.They help them finish off their story and help them get a better understanding of what they're trying to figure out. Primary sources like diaries, artifacts, autobiographies, and documents are first hand accounts and its information is taken as it's seen. Secondary sources, such as biographies, textbooks, reference books, and articles, are someone's interpretation of the first hand account. Even though it's like as accurate it still helps historians. Both of these sources are really helpful when it comes to finding out what the truth really is.
 * Activity # 8: Reflection **

=**Observe Reflect and Question**= This three step process helps to engage you with your writing. Observing is when you note down anything important, or anything that seems necessary to know for later, you see in your oberservation. Reflecting is when create a hypotheses about the and test it. Questioning is when you ask questions to make you think more about the source and help you give a better understanding. It will also make you make more observations and reflect on it by asking questions like who? what? when? where? why? and how?

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Barack Obama “Hope” Poster || Author: Shepard Fariey || Date: 2008 || -Poster of Obama -Different colors:red,white, blue -“HOPE” written on bottom - Serious pose and face -Looking up || Reflect: -Red, white, and blue because it’s America’s flag colors -Strange how “Hope” is on the bottom because it’s the first thing we need to do to make a change so shouldn’t it be on top like on a list we’d do the thing on top first -Serious about the country and really wants to do something about it || Question: -Why isn’t hope written on top? -What’s the little “O” thing above the letter “E” in hope? - He's looking up maybe because he thinks he's "greater" now that he's president. || This is a poster of President Obama and it shows the seriousness in him about changing the US and it’s problems. It’s showing that it’s important to have hope in order to achieve their goals which is why the “HOPE” is written in all caps for emphasis. ||
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Excerpt from Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech in 2009 || Author: Obama || Date: 2009 || -First paragraphs talks about about the bad things that happened or are happening in the US -He’s saying because of the crisis now the next generation will have to have less expectations -“But I know this America: They will be met” : Shows the confidence || Reflect: -He’s saying all the bad things to show how wrong things are right now and like he’s asking if we want to keep this or want a change. -He sees how bad things already are and if things don’t change people later will never have as high expectations as we did || Question: -Is he saying that in his time of Presidency at least some of these changes will be made and fixed or is he saying through time America will change with whoever the other upcoming presidents are? -He's setting up for later generations. || This is from Obama’s Inaugural speech and he talks about how things aren’t going well in the US and that things are pretty harsh. He’s aiming to change all this, maybe not all, but overtime hew wants to see these changes. He’s saying that since he’s president now he can help make these changes even if he doesn’t totally fix the problem, he will still be able to help. ||
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Political Cartoon: “The Two Modes of President Obama” || Author: Daniel Kutzman || Date: N/A || -Picture of Obama’s back with a swtich. One says “make amazingly slow decisions” and the other “make pretty speechs” -Big ears -Small head || Reflect: -This person thinks Obama never really does what he says, -He thinks that he does one or the other of the 2 things on the switch instead of he wants done -We see his back because he’s ignoring us and doing his own thing -Big ears because he’s listening, but he has a small head so he’s not using his brain to do what the citizens are telling they want him to do || Question: -What does this person actually want from Obama then? -Is he looking for anything special? -Why is is ears actually so big? Is there a reason or just because it’s a cartoon? Significance? || This is a political cartoon of President Obama and from this cartoon you can assume many things. There can be different ideas depending on how you view it. The cartoon proposes a picture of Obama’s back with a switch on it that doesn’t show much good about him. It's shown that he doesn't do much to help the country and is very slow even when trying to make changes. ||
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Elections maps showing results of the 2008 and 2010 elections for the House of Representatives || Author: N/A || Date: 2008-2010 || -Two maps. One of the 2008 election and one of the 2010 election -2008 50/50 on both sides -2010 republicans winning || Reflect: -Obama became president in 2009 so it’s like a before and after thing -Not many people wanted the Democratic party like they did 2 years ago || Question: -Since Obama was a Democrat, he probably made decisions that made citizens choose republicans over democrats? || These are two maps of election results showing where one is more equal and the other is more one-sided. The first one in 2008 was more equal where people voted and it didn’t look like there was much of a side that was winning dramtically. In the second one in 2010 the Republicans were winning by a lot. ||  ||~   ||
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“Are You Better Off?” || Author: William McGurn || Date: June 21,2011 || -They are talking about pretty bad things about him -“Man of the future”: going to makes changes to change the future to make it better -They’re saying now he’s talking in forms of how bad things are instead of how bad things are AND that we can change all this with hope || Reflect: -They’re talking as if he’s going to stop global warming or something; like his changes will be that dramatic - In the beginning they wanted him beacause they thought he’s change their future -I think they’re saying that he makes the past look worser than it already is then having “hope” like he said before and assuring us for a brighter future || Question: -I wonder how Obama feels when he sees things like this? Does he feel bad? Does he say something ever? -Does this affect Obama and make him think that eh should try harder or is he ignoring this so he can focus on what he wants to do || This document is about the author talking about the changes in Obama’s talking. He’s saying how in the beginning he had way more believe and hope and now he’s more down and only talking about how bad everything really is. He could just be showing us the reality, but this person chooses to think that he’s not helping us anymore. ||
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“The Situation Room” || Author: Pete Souza || Date: May 1,2011 || -Serious faces -Thinking, wondering about the problem shown -Hilary Clinton looks outraged -Laptops, binders and pictures || Reflect: -The Osama Bin Laden topic is a big deal and I think you’d expect them to be serious about it -Looks like they’re studying the case and what’s going on || Question: -What about the raid are the discussing and looking at? -Are these usually the people that study cases with Obama? The cabinet? || This picture shows us the meeting of the president and his cabinet to discuss and plan things to help solve the problem. They are very interested in the topic and what’s going on. It’s in the situation room where they probably talk about certain situations that they want to focus on and help solve. ||
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