Holidays Around the World

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Holidays Around the World

• Research and Presentation Project

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Requirements

• Research a holiday or tradition that is
  celebrated somewhere in the world during the
  winter months.
• Gather at least three sources of information on
  your chosen topic. One source must be a primary
  source.
• Prepare a 3-5 minute PowerPoint presentation
  where you will teach your audience about your
  holiday.

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What is a primary source?

• A primary source is something that was created
  during the time that the event occurred. A
  primary source is an original work created by
  someone who witnessed or experienced an event.
• A secondary source is created using information
  provided by someone else. Secondary sources are
  usually created with some distance from the
  event, either in time or experience.

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How do you determine if a source is a primary
source?

• Find out when the source was created
• Find out who created the item
• Find out why the item was created

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Is this an example of a primary source?
TITLE Epistola . . . de Insulis Indie nuper
inventis (Letter Concerning the Islands Recently
Discovered. . . .) There I found very many
islands, filled with innumerable people, and I
have taken possession of them all for their
Highnesses, done by proclamation and with the
royal standard unfurled, and no opposition was
offered to me.
CREATED/PUBLISHED by Christopher Columbus
(1451-1506) in Rome 1493, Rare Book and Special
Collections Division, Library of Congress
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Is this an example of a primary source?
TITLE Columbus taking possession of the new
country.
CREATED/PUBLISHED Boston, U.S.A. Published by
the Prang Educational Co., 1893. 1 print
chromolithograph, Prints and Photographs
Division, Library of Congress
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What information can a primary source give you?
TITLE Chinese New Year, Chinese girl in
traditional dress sitting in a chair surrounded
by various objects, furnishings and textiles
CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, U.S.A. ca. 1904
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News
photographer may have been published in the
newspaper. DN-0003283, Chicago Daily News
negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of
Congress
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Recap What is a primary source?

• A primary source is something that was created
  during the time that the event occurred. A
  primary source is an original work created by
  someone who witnessed or experienced an event.

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Recap How do you determine if a source is a
primary source?

• Find out when the source was created
• Find out who created the item
• Find out why the item was created