Primary source

Part 1:Write a short commentary on either primary source extract A or Primary Source extract B. Extract Chosen= A This is a letter detailing the correspondence between the British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey to the British Ambassador to Austria, Sir M. de Bunsen following a conversation he had on the morning of 23rd July 1914 (Great Britain Foreign Office, 1915). The letter was written when the July Crisis was at its peak and was written five days before the declaration of war from Austria-Hungary to Serbia. The letter is significant as it is written the same day an ultimatum was issued to Serbia by Austria which outlined demands such as taking responsibility for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June. This as a historical source is useful to a historian in understanding the British reaction to the July Crisis, its reluctance to war, Britain’s uncertainty of its survival in a European war and it also alludes to the…

Historians and scholars are always aware of the potential dangers that comes with each primary source. Primary sources can present bias since they were written by a person experiencing an event firsthand. It is impossible to learn all aspects of an event from just one primary source; analyzing just one primary source can not answer all the questions. There can also be cases of fabricated primary sources evidence, which creates an issue of credibility. Therefore, primary sources are inferior…

After reading the article I now understand that a primary source is a document or piece of writing that was written by an individual who was alive during the time period of interest. However a primary source is not limited to paper, but can be classified by things that were around during the time period such as weaponry and materials. Primary sources prove to be important when studying history, because we need them to help our understanding of what truly happened. Looking back into our history…

It is very important for historians to be cautious when they analyze primary sources. It is crucial to review the context carefully in order to try to discover the original meaning and theme of the source. I reviewed three images that were prominent to me and did my best to incorporate the context while analyzing the images. The first image is titled, “A cheife Herowans wife of Pomeoc, and her daughter of the age of 8 or 10 years." (Theodore de Bry's Engravings). This piece shows a glimpse into…

In short, historians viewed primary sources differently than they view secondary sources. In short, “primary sources are defined as sources that were created or written during the time period in which they reference and can include things like diaries, letters, films, interviews, and even results from research studies” (Primary sources, “n.d.”), In contrast, “secondary sources are sources that analyze primary sources in some way and include things like magazine and journal articles that analyze…

The author (Pullum, G. K.) in this book has shown a very strong view on how other authors have interpreted other papers written before them related to the incorrect vocabulary of Eskimos. Pullum merely points out that the information that is collected from one author can be presented in a completely different way by another. This arose between Franz Boas and Benjamin Lee Whorf from Boas’ primary source. To clarify, a primary source is a piece of original material which involves original thinking…

Primary and secondary sources are both very important pieces of information that have been used to help support history throughout the years. Without our primary and secondary sources we would not have information to base off of. Primary sources are actual artifacts or documents created during a specific time. Some great examples of primary sources are things like journals, diaries, newspapers, speeches and even things like art and music. All these things were created first hand by someone at a…

Academic writings are fundamental to expanding and solidifying knowledge and understanding. Axiomatic to the objective nature of the writing is the existence of persuasive source material acting to support the argument put forth. For this purpose, critical evaluation of sources should be meticulously undertaken so as to ensure a strong and competent argument has been assembled. The sources themselves can take on many different forms depending on the discipline being examined and written in,…

For historians, sources of information are among the top essential issues of researching and analysing historical events. They often utilize two main sources of materials - primary sources of information and secondary sources. Primary information often contributes straight or immediate proofs of an event, a person, or a work of art ("Identifying Primary and Secondary Resources", n.d.). Meanwhile, secondary source of information, is mainly discussing and analysing the primary sources, and it is…

My two primary sources is about 9/11. My first primary source explains, "What happened that day?," "Who attacked us?," "How did America respond to 9/11?," and "How did America change after 9/11?" (PS1). My second primary source goes more in-depth about what happened on 9/11. It also include photo's that signified that important day. A historian would use 9/11 as a primary source because "September 11 is the never-to-be-forgotten anniversary of major terrorist attacks on the United Sates" (PS2).…