History Question

Touchstone 4: Analyzing Primary Sources

ASSIGNMENT: You have learned that the historian’s craft involves using evidence from the past to learn and write about what happened. This evidence comes in the form of primary sources, or first-hand accounts or artifacts from the time the historian is writing about or studying. These sources provide the foundation for any historical narrative. Throughout this course, we have introduced you to the skill of Analyzing Primary Sources and to numerous primary sources that professional historians have used to develop a narrative of U.S. history. Now, you will practice the historian’s craft by reading and analyzing two primary sources yourself.

The same skills you use to read and analyze historical sources can also be applied to current sources of information, such as newspaper articles, social media posts, television reports, and commercial advertisements. By practicing these skills now, you will develop your ability to perform historical research and think like a historian, but you will also become a more skilled consumer of information in general.

To complete this assignment, you will use the template provided below. You will return the completed template as your Touchstone submission. A sample assignment is also provided.

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Touchstone 4: Analyzing Primary Sources Template
Touchstone 4: Analyzing Primary Sources Sample