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Finding, Using, and Creating Primary Sources. What Are Primary Sources?. An eye-witness account or first-hand evidence from an event or topic. Examples Include:. Diaries Photographs Letters Newspapers. Government documents Maps Audio and Video Files. Sample Questions.
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What Are Primary Sources? • An eye-witness account or first-hand evidence from an event or topic. • Examples Include: • Diaries • Photographs • Letters • Newspapers • Government documents • Maps • Audio and Video Files
Sample Questions • Who was the author? • What might the purpose of this document have been? • If you were at the scene, what might you report? • Does this picture or document accurately portray these people? • Where might this document or photo be found today?
Omar Khayyam • Born in Persia • Famous Poet • Wrote in Quatrains • 120 versus • Had help writing it • This is a glimpse
Rubaiyat • 120 versus are believed to be his
One Verse Though Judgment Day should prove a grand ordeal Handled, they say, by a short-tempered judge, Yet never fear: good has has the final word---- Nothing of Evil can proceed from Good.