primary and secondary sources evaluating non-fiction text
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Primary and Secondary Sources
Evaluating Non-fiction text
Brainstorm
What is a non-fiction text?
TextbooksNewspapers
Magazine articlesBased on fact
Writers of non-fiction text should use primary and secondary sources
What are primary sources?
Primary sources firsthand accounts and graphics of event
Diaries Newspapers (could be secondary) Photographs Autobiography Film footage Letters Objects from the time Speeches Documents Quote from a witness
Primary Source
The U.S. constitution (document)
Primary Source
Diary of Anne Frank
Primary Source
Photo of September
11 attacks
Primary Source
Newspaper Quote from person
who participated
Why is it important for authors of non-fiction to include primary sources? Makes story more reliable Accurate or correct Factual Less bias
What are secondary sources?
An account of a story based on the writings or evidence of people other than the author. Accounts are written by people that have not observed the event. Biographies Textbooks Encyclopedias Drawing (not at time of event) Quote from an expert (not a witness) website
Secondary Sources
Secondary Source
Secondary Source
Secondary Source
Primary or Secondary Source?
photograph of Titanic
primary
Primary or Secondary Source?
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
primary
secondary
Primary or Secondary Source?
secondary
Primary or Secondary Source?
primary