Research Question: How can the lessons learned from the Great Depression (1929–1941) help prepare Americans for another economic depression?
Answer the following prompts:
What key words and phrases will you be looking for in your sources?
Secondary Source 1:
Title of Secondary Source 1:
1. Who wrote this source?
2. When was it written?
3. Why was it written?
4. In your own words, explain the main idea of this source.
5. What makes this a secondary source?
6. Is the writer neutral, or does the writer advance a particular point of view or perspective? Explain your answer by referring to specific examples from the source.
7. In your own words, explain which facts or details from the source will help you answer your research question.
8. Why is this source credible?
Secondary Source 2:
Title of Secondary Source 2:
1. Who wrote this source?
2. When was it written?
3. Why was it written?
4. In your own words, explain the main idea of this source.
5. What makes this a secondary source?
6. Is the writer neutral, or does the writer advance a particular point of view or perspective? Explain your answer by referring to specific examples from the source.
7. In your own words, explain which facts or details from the source will help you answer your research question.
8. Why is this source credible?
Primary Source 1:
Title of Primary Source 1:
1. What type of primary source is it (e.g., a written article, a diary entry, a speech, a newspaper article, an interview with witnesses)?
2. Who is the author, speaker, or compiler of the source?
3. When was the source created?
4. In your own words, explain the main idea of this source.
5. Why is this source considered primary?
6. Is the writer or speaker neutral, or does the writer advance a particular point of view or perspective? Explain your answer by referring to specific examples from the source.
7. In your own words, explain which facts or details from the source will help you answer your research question.
8. What does this source tell you about overall life for people living in this time (as it relates to your research question)?
9. What parts or aspects of this source help you confirm that it’s a credible source?
Primary Source 2:
Title of Primary Source 2:
1. What type of primary source is it (e.g., a written article, a diary entry, a speech, a newspaper article, an interview with witnesses)?
2. Who is the author, speaker, or compiler of the source?
3. When was the source created?
4. In your own words, explain the main idea of this source.
5. Why is this source considered primary?
6. Is the writer or speaker neutral, or does the writer advance a particular point of view or perspective? Explain your answer by referring to specific examples from the source.
7. In your own words, explain which facts or details from the source will help you answer your research question.
8. What does this source tell you about overall life for people living in this time (as it relates to your research question)?
9. What parts or aspects of this source help you confirm that it’s a credible source?
What are some focused questions that will help you find the information you need in your sources?
Use Primary Sources to answer the following:
What have you learned from your PRIMARY sources about the historical challenges or social changes that relate to your research question?
What have you learned from your PRIMARY sources about how these challenges were addressed by society or how these changes affected society?
How does the information you learned from your PRIMARY sources connect to the current issues mentioned in your research question?
Use Secondary Sources to answer the following:
What are some pieces of evidence (like facts or examples) from your SECONDARY sources that support what you’ve learned from your primary sources? Remember to note which source the evidence comes from.
What evidence (like facts, data, or examples) is missing from your SECONDARY sources—what else would you still like to learn about your topic that these sources didn’t tell you?
With your sources in mind: Look for connections among them by comparing, contrasting, and corroborating information.
What connections or similarities do you see among your sources? Consider aspects like their time period, the type of information they contain, and the perspective they offer on events.
What discrepancies or differences do you see among your sources? Think critically. Are their perspectives different? Do they offer different explanations about how or why something happened? Do any of your sources disagree with each other?
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