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RVCC Primary & Secondary Sources

Overview

Read the two articles linked below, and respond to the following questions/prompts. 

Article A: https://www.healthyfamiliesforgod.com/blog/2015/11/er-nurse-shares-experiences-vaccine-reactions

Article B: https://www.today.com/health/here-s-how-sugar-might-fuel-growth-cancer-t64576

Respond to the following:

1. Determine if each source is primary or secondary, and explain your reasoning.

2. How is information presented in each article? Are the authors believable?  Why or why not?

3. For the secondary source (the one that you said was secondary in question 1):

a) Find the primary source that was used to compose the secondary source.

b) Describe how you found the primary source.

c) Compare the information from the primary to the secondary source.

d) Did the secondary source do a good job explaining the main idea of the primary source? Why or why not?

4. Do primary sources always provide accurate and credible information? Explain, using the primary source you identified in #1.