World History Module 3: Primary Sources: In-Class Assignment

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PeliCAT is the online catalog of the Katharine Brush Library.

Find three primary sources on your topic using the techniques and resources outlined in the videos.

• Choose three different types of primary sources (visual item, newspaper article, letter, speech, etc.).
• Focus on primary sources that are shorter in length (2 pages), or excerpts from a longer source. This will expedite the in-class assignment.
• Copy and paste the encyclopedia tables into your own Google Doc
• Use theExample of Primary Source Table as a guide

Read and evaluate each primary source. Complete the a Primary Source Table Assignment for each source.

Images "British Encampment on Irgao-Shan, Chusan," "Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca 1774," and "Reception for Commodore Perry by Japanese Noblemen" are from Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/). There are no known restrictions on these image.