Module Two: Approaches to History, continued, Learning Block 2-2 (page 4):
Question 1:
What types of primary and secondary sources will you need to use to support the topic you
are examining in your essay? You do not need the actual sources yet, but you should have an idea of
what they might be (such as an eyewitness account of an event, for example).
Primary: The published law, pictures, journal entries.
Secondary: Scholarly journal articles, books, essays.
Module Two: Approaches to History, continued, Learning Block 2-3 (page 2):
Question 2
: What are two or three keywords you could use to look for sources to answer this question?
Sandhogs, Brooklyn Bridge construction
Question 3:
What subject terms can you use to continue your search?
Compressed air workers union, PRR’s East River Tunnels, Sandhogs building in New York.
Question 4:
When you search for CONSTRUCTION, you get a lot of extraneous answers. What Boolean
operators and corresponding search terms could you use to narrow your search?
Sand hogs and compressed air
Compressed air union
New York Subway construction
