Sources
What is a primary source?
“Primary sources are materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic under consideration, either as participants or as witnesses. These sources provide the evidence on which historians rely in order to describe and interpret the past.” -ROI p. 164
What is a synchronic research question?
Focused on one point in time
How many artifacts/objects do you need for your VME?
3-5 objects
What is an archive?
A collection of things; in our case, these collections are generally historical
What actor/actress was in all three of the following films: Jumanji, The Holiday, and Shark Tale?
Jack Black
“Unlike primary sources, secondary sources are texts — such as books, articles, or documentary films — that are written or created by people who were not eyewitnesses to the events or period in question; instead, the authors of secondary sources synthesize, analyze, and interpret primary sources.” -ROI p. 165
What is a diachronic research question?
Focused on multiple points in time
What are the key written components of the project?
Introduction, object labels, and bibliography
What is the name of UT's archive?
University of Tennessee Digital Collections
How many times has Taylor Swift won Album of the Year at the Grammys?
What does it mean to say that the difference between a primary source and a secondary source lies in how it is used?
The way we are interpreting/analyzing a source—and how it is relevant to our research question—impacts whether it is a primary or secondary source for our purposes
"How were women depicted in advertisements in the 1960s?" is an example of what kind of research question?
Synchronic
When is the project due?
Friday, May 9th at 11:59pm
Where can you find the list of pop culture archives?
On the library's Primary Source Research Guide
What hockey team has won the most Stanley Cups?
Describe a way to use a 1970s history book in which it is a primary source and in which it is a secondary source.
Primary source example: How did history books in the 1970s describe the Civil Rights movement?
Secondary source example: Referencing it as a source on the early 1900s.
"How has the language in makeup ads evolved over time, and what does that tell us about how beauty standards have changed?" is what kind of research question?
Diachronic
You can create your virtual museum exhibit as a website/webpage, a(n) ________, or a(n) ______.
You can create your virtual museum exhibit as a website/webpage, an interactive map, or an interactive timeline.
Name two of the archives listed on our class Canvas page.
Examples: Digital Public Library of America, National Archives, Knox County Archives
When is the Met Gala traditionally held?