HIS 100 Module Two Activity Template: Primary and Secondary Sources
Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Non-graded portion
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List your historical research topic here:
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Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
Graded portion:
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
The primary difference between primary and secondary sources, is that primary sources are raw
information or the first hand evidence you gather in research. Secondary sources are sources
that interpret the information from primary source information. They are both important in
research.
Explain why it is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research. Include
specific details and examples.
Its important to consult different sources when conducting Historical research because
Historians don’t always have the same opinions of what happened.
Example: 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Salves some historians say congress passed the
Act. However other historians say President Thomas Jefferson passed it.
Identify one
primary
source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author,
and link to the source).
A Primary source would help me understand my research on the Act Prohibition Importation of
Slaves 1807 and the different research questions would be articles to help me understand the
history.
Identify one
secondary
source that would help investigate your research question (include the title,
author, and link to the source).
A secondary source would help me also understand my research question would have different
explanations.
Choose a current event related to the subject of your historical research question and explain how they
are connected.
Today 167b countries still have some kind of slavery which 46 million people are affect by world
wide
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