Monday, October 24, 2011

No computer lab today.

1. Self-Starter:  Individual Reading and Reading Log

2. Using Primary and Secondary Sources:

 Primary and Secondary Sources
Example:
It is 3:05 and you are standing at the corner to cross the street to go home. Two cars collide at the intersection. You saw it happen. Y ou are a primary source. You run into the building to tell the principal. The principal calls the police. The principal is not a primary source- he/she was not there when it happened- he/she is just passing on information they got from someone else. The policeman asks you to draw a little map of where the cars were coming from when they collided. The map is a primary source- it was drawn by someone who was there. When you get home, you write about it in your journal or diary. The journal is a primary source- it was written by somone who was actually there during the event.

(Thanks to http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/KASL/sources.html)

•Another example:

I have an old teddy bear named Boo. I always thought I got Boo when I was a baby, and then I found a picture of me unwrapping Boo at Christmas when I was 2 years old. The picture is a primary source- it was taken at the event. My parents told me it was true. I didn't get Boo until I was two. They are primary sources. They were there. Boo is also a primary source--the actual artifact. You could tell this story using a bear and a photo.

•A primary source would be a diary about something that happened to a person, like traveling West on the Oregon Trail. A secondary source would be a book written using information from a diary. Primary=U.S. Constitution-- Secondary=a book explaining it.

Which is primary?  Which is secondary?

An actor's diary ---- A textbook on acting
Encyclopedia article about Pearl Harbor ---- Eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor
Book about pioneer women ---- Book of letters by pioneer women
Autobiography of Maya Angelou ---- Biography of Maya Angelou
Interpretations of Constitution ---- The Constitution
Interview with a musician ---- Reference book about musicians
A. Lincoln's inaugural address ---- Commentary on A. Lincoln's address
Book on the history of clothing ---- Clothes belonging to Martha Washington.
(Thanks to http://www.cgrove417.org/cghs/KASL/sources.html)

3.  bibme.org  practice 
A bibliography entry looks like this: 

House, Martha . "Primary and Secondary Sources." Morris County Schools. Kansas Association of School Librarians, 10 Apr. 2003. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. .

4. Fluency Practice with partners