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Evidence of Daily Life
Think back over the past 24 hours Jot down 3-5 things you did (that you
might be willing to tell the group) If you had to prove what you did, what
evidence would you produce? How much of that evidence will
probably still be available in 10 years? 25? 100?
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.
Historical primary sources
How can we learn how people in the past lived?
What evidence did they leave?
Link to movie:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2a32868
Fountain Hughes
Play just a minute of this interview http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/
afc9999001.9990a What do you hear?
April 14th 1/2 past 10 o'clock P.M.O, fatal day. O, noble Victim. Treason has done its worst. The President has been Assassinated. It has just been announced at my door that he was shot a half hour ago at Fords Theatre. Is it possible? I have just come from near the scene, it is too True. 11 o'clock P.M.
How often does a Web site change? The average lifespan of a Web site
is 44 days "I knew that websites changed
periodically, but I didn't realize that once they are changed, they can never be viewed as they once were unless we archive them" (student from last year’s project)