Utilize the link above and the lesson to write a primary source review in anticipation of uploading the finished product to the SLO assessment that is\u00c2 due towards the end of the course (<\/b>see course calendar for due date). The assignment should be created in a Microsoft Word document prior to entering the SLO assessment.\u00c2 The last question on the SLO will present an opportunity to upload the finished writing document for submission.<\/p>\n
Primary Source Review Assignment<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00c2 <\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n Part One:<\/b>\u00c2 Learn about Primary Sources by\u00c2 viewing t<\/b>he PowerPoint Lesson:\u00c2 Overview of Primary Source Documents<\/b>\u00c2 (Library of Congress).<\/i>\u00c2 The link to the PowerPoint Lesson is provided below.\u00c2 \u00c2 <\/i><\/p>\n \u00c2 <\/b><\/p>\n Part Two:<\/b>\u00c2 After viewing the lesson, compose a 3-5 page review on a selected primary source document. Primary source documents are to be selected from the link below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Browse through the sources until you find something that interests you. Please spend some time viewing the different primary sources. (It is fascinating to read the original documents from history!)<\/p>\n Reviews are to doubled-spaced in Microsoft Word format utilizing the MLA style format. Reviews should be composed in Times New Roman 12 point font. The finished product should be a formal paper written in essay style. Submit your paper as an attachment within this assignment. Do not send the assignment via email.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Taking into consideration the information presented in the\u00c2 Overview of Primary Source\u00c2 Documents<\/i>\u00c2 lesson: Address the following points in your review:<\/p>\n 1.\u00c2 Who wrote the document<\/span>?Until you know this you know little about the document. Sometimes you can figure this out from the document itself. Was the author a political or private individual? Was he educated or not?2.\u00c2 Who was the intended audience<\/span>?This will tell you about the author\u2019s use of language and the knowledge that he assumed on the part of the reader.3.\u00c2 What is the story line<\/span>?\u00c2 What is going on in the document?\u00c2 4.\u00c2 Why was the document written<\/span>?Everything is written for a reason. Is it just a random note, or a scholarly thesis?\u00c2 5.\u00c2 What type of document is this, or what is its purpose<\/span>?\u00c2 A newspaper article is different than a diary. Thus, one can expect to extract different kinds of information from different kinds of documents.\u00c2 6.\u00c2 What are the basic assumptions made by the author<\/span>?\u00c2 For example, did the author assume that the reader could understand certain foreign or engineering terms?\u00c2 7.\u00c2 Can you believe this document<\/span>?Is it reliable? Is it likely?\u00c2 8.\u00c2 What can you learn about the society that produced this document<\/span>?\u00c2 All documents reveal information about the people who produced them. It is embedded in the language and assumptions of the text. Your task is to learn how to \u201cread,\u201d or analyze, a document to extract information about a society. You might wish to analyze each document in terms of various aspects of a society (economic, political, religion, social structure, culture, etc.).<\/p>\n 9.\u00c2 What is the importance of this document to history?<\/span>10.\u00c2 Finally, What does this document mean to you<\/span>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Utilize the link above and the lesson to write a primary source review in anticipation of uploading the finished product to the SLO assessment that is\u00c2 due towards the end of the course (see course calendar for due date). The assignment Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}