Primary

What is a Primary Source?

A primary source is a resource that comes into being during the time period that it discuses.

What is the importance of Primary Sources?

Primary sources are the building blocks of history, for they are the actual accounts or fist hand interpretations of historical events. .

How To Read A Primary Source

Ms Miller has developed an acronym that can help guide your evaluation of primary source texts: MAPER

	Motives and goals of the author.
	Arguments and strategy he/she uses to achieve those goals.
	Presuppositions and values (in text and your own)
	Epistemology (evaluating truth content)
	Relate to other texts (compare and contrast)

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