Module 2 Short Responses – 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 don't 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 Sources: Archival Documents, Personal Diaries and Letters, Newspaper Articles,
Photographs and Videos, Oral Histories
Secondary Sources: Academic Studies, Books, Interviews with Historians
Module 2 Short Responses – Question 2
What are two or three keywords you could use to look for sources to answer this
question?
"School desegregation Boston"
"Boston busing crisis"
"Racial Integration Education Boston
Module 2 Short Responses – Question 3
What subject terms can you use to continue your search?
"Civil Rights Movement"
"Busing for school integration"
"Educational equality"
"Race relations in education"
"Boston public schools"
"Desegregation policies"
Module 2 Short Responses – 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?
"Construction" AND "Brooklyn Bridge"
