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Drill : What is cultural diffusion? HW: Obj : analyze uses of historical sources to build a foundation of critical inquiry. . Cultural Diffusion. The spread of ideas and goods to a different culture. . So… . If you had to choose someone to write your autobiography, who would you choose?
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Drill: What is cultural diffusion? • HW: • Obj: analyze uses of historical sources to build a foundation of critical inquiry.
Cultural Diffusion • The spread of ideas and goods to a different culture.
So… • If you had to choose someone to write your autobiography, who would you choose? • Why did you choose them to been your personal biographer? • What qualifications does that person have to be your biographer? • What sources would you want your biographer to use to compile your personal history? • How would you like to be portrayed in your biography?
Primary Source • A First Hand account of an event.
Secondary Source • A summary or re-telling of a primary source.
“You remember the old fable of the “The Man and the Lion,” where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented when the lions wrote history.” ---- Wendell Phillips, in the introduction to the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass • What is the meaning of this quote? • What is the connection between the historical context of this particular quote (slavery in the US) and the meaning of the quote? • How does this quote tie into the desire to choose one’s own personal biographer? How does the quote connect to the validity of sources?