How to Read a Document, Part 1: Source Identification

Learn how to "think like a historian" in this brief video from Khan Academy. Your hosts explain the difference between primary and secondary sources and analyze the beginning of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address.
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Direct Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/historians-toolkit/how-to-think-like-a-historian/v/how-to-read-a-document

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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 11
Intended Audience: Students
Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Speakers/Headphones
Instructional Time: 13 Minute(s)
Keywords: U.S. History, American History, historian, historiography, evidence, primary source, secondary source, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, inaugural speech, inaugural address, Great Depression, analyze
Instructional Component Type(s): Video/Audio/Animation,  Tutorial
Resource Collection: Social Studies - U.S. History Existing Student Tutorials

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