Westward Expansion Research Report
Lesson 3 - Primary and Secondary Sources and the Oregon Trail
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Today you will start researching and taking notes on the Oregon Trail.
You will use the research information below ONLY to collect your details. After you have exhausted the resources below, than, with parent permission, you may use Google or other resources to complete your notes, if necessary.
Take your notes on the attached Doc in Google classroom only. Do not forget to look for a fun fact as well.
Recommendations
Recommendations
- Do a split screen or have two tabs open to make it easier for you.
- Do a split screen or have two tabs open to make it easier for you.
- Remember do NOT copy anything directly, you should restate what you learned in your own words.
- Remember do NOT copy anything directly, you should restate what you learned in your own words.
- Do NOT use complete sentences. Use “caveman words”.
- Do NOT use complete sentences. Use “caveman words”.
- Keep in mind that you need enough notes to be able to write a good 5th grade paragraph.
- Keep in mind that you need enough notes to be able to write a good 5th grade paragraph.
- Read a section of the text or watch a portion of the video, pause to think about what is important, and write your notes.
- Read a section of the text or watch a portion of the video, pause to think about what is important, and write your notes.
- Use a structure to stay organized , like bullets
- Use a structure to stay organized , like bullets
Primary and Secondary Sources
Meaning - Primary sources are evidence written or created during the period under investigation. Secondary sources are created by scholars who interpret the past through the examination of primary sources and the research of others.
How could someone learn about your life without talking to you? They could look at pictures, read your diary or even look at your report card. When we want to learn about people, places and events from long ago, we often have to look at similar things for clues. We call these items created by people during events in the past primary sources.
Primary sources are original records of historical periods or events made by people during an event. These sources give you first-hand, or 'eye witness', information about things that happened in the past because the authors were actually there.
We've all seen a movie or read a book that we just had to tell our friends about. We might begin by saying simply, 'it was a great movie' or 'that was the best book I ever read'. We go on to say what it was that we thought was great about the movie or why that book was the best one we ever read. In doing so, we offer our opinions, observations and interpretations of scenes, characters, plot, word choices or anything else that struck us as we watched or read. Because we are telling our friends about the movie or the book (the original materials), and they are not watching or reading it for themselves, we are a secondary source.
Secondary sources are second-hand information. They may contain information that has been interpreted, commented on, analyzed or processed at a distance from the original. Secondary sources are usually produced after an event has occurred.
Watch this video on Primary and Secondary Sources to learn the difference between what you are using to gather your notes.
Primary & Secondary Sources.mp4Before we start researching the The Oregon Trail, let's first take a look at what it was.
Read The article.
Take the quiz.
Now, open the Oregon Trail Research Notes, and use the resources below to start taking your notes. (Remember: make a copy.)
You will have 2 days to complete your research on the Oregon Trail. This is 2 days to take notes. You should not start writing your essay. Next, you will do Lewis and Clark.
Passwords are on the bottom of the lesson 1 page.
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