HIS 100 Module Four Activity Bias
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HIS 100 Module Four Activity Template: Bias in Primary Sources
Locate an additional primary source relevant to your historical event. Use it and the primary
source you identified in a previous module to answer the questions below. Replace the
bracketed text with your responses.
Source One
Conduct source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
Attempt to write the APA style citation for your first primary source and include a link to it. You
will not be penalized for incorrect format.
[NATO. (1949).
THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_17120.htm.
]
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
[The United States, Canada, and several Western European Nations.]
What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
o
[When NATO was founded, the animosity was thick with the spread of communism
through the East.]
When was the primary source created?
o
[The Treaty was completed and signed on April 4, 1949.]
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
[The 12 founding countries signed the treaty at the Departmental Auditorium in
Washington D.C..]
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
[The intended audience would be The Founding Nations, as it is a contract. I also believe
they intended for the Soviets to read it as well. ]
Why was the primary source created?
o
[The North Atlantic Treaty was created to unite Europe and act as a safeguard to its
members.]
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
[The Treaty is written In third person.]
Source Two
Conduct a source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
1
Attempt to write the APA-style citation for your second primary source and include a link to it.
You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
[]
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
[]
What was the author’s or creator’s position in society at the time the primary source was
created?
o
[]
When was the primary source created?
o
[March 18, 1949]
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
[The original broadcast was on NBC and was hosted by Mr. Richard Harkness.]
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
[The intended audience was the citizens of the United States tuning in to the broadcast.]
Why was the primary source created?
o
[The broadcast was created to allow Americans to become aware of the treaty and have
a chance to speak their minds.]
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
[The transcript is written as it was said so I’m assuming it would be first person.]
Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
[My first primary source is the original document so I don’t assume the presence of bias. In my
second source the transcript from a press release of the United States definitely has room for
bias.]
Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
[In my primary sources the founding of NATO sounds like the pact to end all wars. Like a blood
bond between countries.]
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