Bias in Primary Sources

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Conduct source analysis on two primary sources relevant to your historical event.
You will respond to specific questions about each source in the activity template.
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
What clues are present in your two sources that may indicate bias? Provide evidence of these clues from your sources. If you do not think there is bias, provide evidence to support your claim.
Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.

Do the two sources tell the same story, or are contrasting perspectives represented? Provide evidence from your sources.
This is the template to follow for the questions:
HIS 100 Module Four Activity Template: Bias in Primary Sources

Locate an additional primary source relevant to your historical event. Use it and the primary source you identified in a previous module to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed text with your responses.

Source One
Conduct source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.

Attempt to write the APA style citation for your first primary source and include a link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
• [Insert citation.]

Respond to the following questions:
• Who authored or created the primary source?
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• What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
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• When was the primary source created?
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• Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
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• Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
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• Why was the primary source created?
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• Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
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Source Two
Conduct a source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.

Attempt to write the APA style citation for your second primary source and include a link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
• [Insert citation.]

Respond to the following questions:
• Who authored or created the primary source?
o [Insert text.]

• What was the author’s or creator’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
o [Insert text.]

• When was the primary source created?
o [Insert text.]

• Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o [Insert text.]

• Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o [Insert text.]

• Why was the primary source created?
o [Insert text.]

• Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o [Insert text.]

Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
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Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
• [Insert text.]