HIS 100 Module Two Activity Sources Template
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HIS 100 Module Two Activity Template: Primary and Secondary Sources
Non-graded portion
:
List your historical research topic here:
“Globalization: Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves”.
Graded portion:
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
The primary source can be newsletters, notes, interviews, speeches, research data, photos,
videos, or any original object or document of raw material or first-hand information. The
secondary source is a source that was created later by individual(s) who did not experience first-
hand or contribute/partake in the events.
Explain why it is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research. Include
specific details and examples.
It is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research because in a
lot of cases most sources won’t provide you the entire scope of the event. We can use my
historical research topic for example, “Globalization: Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves”.
There is a saying of it always being more than one side of the story. During the 1800s slaves
knew that taking them away from their home and importing them into a foreign country was
inhumane and bad but other people saw it differently because slaves were the reason why they
were able to make so much progress when it came to agriculture, construction, factory work,
etc. If you just use their story, only one source you wouldn’t be able to provide the research of
the entirety of the situation.
Identify one
primary
source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author,
and link to the source).
Title: Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
Author: Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration
Link: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-
1938/about-this-collection/
Identify one
secondary
source that would help investigate your research question (include the title,
author, and link to the source).
Title: The Slave Trade
Author: National Archives
Link: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/slave-trade.html#:~:text=An%20act%20of
%20Congress%20passed,Slaves%22%20took%20effect%20in%201808.
Choose a current event related to the subject of your historical research question and explain how they
are connected.
There is a current event article about the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade who was
discovered. Matilda McCrear lived until 1940 and died in Selma, Alabama at the age of 83. This is
connected to my historical research question because if the Act of prohibiting Importation of
Slaves was passed in 1808 then how was Matilda McCrear abducted from Africa and brought
into the United States? This is proof that the slave trade continued to expand even after the act
passed.
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