Day 4: Let's start looking for PRIMARY sources. In order to create your historical character, you will have to get a sense of the time period from images and documents FROM the time period. You may want to look at:
Letters/"correspondence"
Newspaper articles/editorials
Photographs
Laws/Legislation/Government Documents/Court Cases
Addresses or Speeches
Announcements/Statements/Positions
Poems/Songs
Narratives
Directions:
Select the era you are writing about
Explore the three columns for that time period:
Government, Military & Political Events
Social & Cultural Issues
Discoveries, Inventions & Firsts
Click on one of the sub-topics
Check out the overview of the topic and if it is useful, click on the blue "read more" button ~This is SECONDARY source content - written by a modern historian to help you understand the topic
After scrolling past the overview, it will say "News Articles on this Topic"
Browse the topics as well as the titles/ summaries of the articles (in blue) related to that topic ~These are primary sources from the time period
After clicking on an article, you can:
Get the citation!
Zoom in/ out
Download
Facts on File American History
After searching for your topic, click PRIMARY SOURCES. On the right hand side, click the types of documents you want to look at.
After searching for your topic, click FILTERS and then limit to:
Media: Photos & Illustrations; Political Cartoons & Posters; Audio; Maps
Documents: Speeches; Political/Government documents; Cultural documents; Letters & Narratives; Quotes