Even though, yes, it can be difficult at first when it is being introduced to students, but there is a reason why primary source material is so important. Primary sources present a firsthand account of life in a specific time period. Primary history is not like reading a text book with countless of information that a student is expected to recall. Primary source material can be interesting and engaging to students if the material is chosen wisely. It also offers opportunities that other texts…
years, and I would think that back then there would be some sources that could help college students like the sources there are today. There may have not been blogs back then, but there were sources such as college catalogues. Talking to people at the colleges or universities could also help incoming freshmen obtain advice. College is such a large community so if you ever need advice or motivation, and you did not want to use the sources previously listed then you could just talk to another…
1. In one to two paragraphs, summarize the secondary source for which you completed the Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet in learning block 2-4. Focus on the secondary source’s thesis, arguments, use of primary sources, potential biases, reliability, and usefulness to a beginning researcher. In the article, the Search for Middle Ground written by J. Samuel Walker, the author J. Samuel Walker addresses a chronically and fueled debate between many well-known scholars about Truman’s decision to…
Primary sources are sources that develop during an event during a specific time and place; for example, of written documents: letters, diaries, newspapers and magazines articles, speeches, and etc; non-written documents: art, films, recording, tools, house objects, and etc. Examining the primary sources gives insight into the thoughts, behaviors, and experience of the people of the past. Secondary sources are texts that were synthesize, interpreted and analyzed…
to have an effective public feedback system, the commitment will require a regulatory and technological revolution. Slaughter provided sound evidence from history to modern day strengthening her open governance proposal. Her evidence of the open-source platform GitHub displays historical evidence that a government system can be successful to allow public contributions. She also acknowledges some technological constraints by stating that the United States should encourage integrated networks…
thoughts on what they do. Historians often use primary sources to gain knowledge on their subject of choice. With Primary source you have firsthand accounts of the time. Such as The speech “At the Front” by Newton Baker. Is him speaking about his…
students, has more of a significant impact on the students because they feel as they are expected to be self-dependent, not by adults who have already been through what they are going through, but by students who may be in the same position as they are. Source C explains that the success of honor code, “depends on the expectations that students have of their peers’ behavior”, emphasizing the influence that students have on each other, hence why if an honor code is established, it can help the…
The source of the writings of the Torah has captivated many of the greatest minds in Christian thought today. Many evangelical scholars are asking; can the first five books of the bible be trusted? Where did the information come from? How can there be assurance that the information presented in the Pentateuch is truly the word of God? These questions and others like them are indeed vexing. Yet, there are theories and sources out there that seek to explain the origins of the first known…
In “Yoga Offers Range of Health Benefits,” initially published in 2015 in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch, argues, when examined through research, yoga offers a wide range of health benefits to people who practice this particular form of exercise. The general purpose of this article appears to be both informative and persuasive. To go more in depth, I gather that the purpose is to inform readers about yoga and how it can affect their lives in order to persuade them to attempt it. In doing so, the…
In Primary Groups by Charles Cooley he explains how primary groups are necessary for an individuals existence and development. It is the base of the formation of ones social nature.He believes that they have helped to build human society. Primary groups may change from year to year but normally include family, neighborhood friends, school social groups; children’s play groups or just a group of friends. These groups may be either a positive or negative experience as result of natural competition…