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Start-Up Activity
Ask students to brainstorm different ways in which they can learn new information. Create a master list of their answers. Then briefly define primary and secondary sources.
- A primary source gives firsthand information.
- A secondary source gives information that has been gathered by another person.
Have students work in small groups to sort the items from the list into primary and secondary sources. Revisit their choices after reviewing the entire chapter.
Think About It
“We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.”
—Alfred de Vigny

Start-Up Activity
Ask students to brainstorm different ways in which they can learn new information. Create a master list of their answers. Then briefly define primary and secondary sources.
- A primary source gives firsthand information.
- A secondary source gives information that has been gathered by another person.
Have students work in small groups to sort the items from the list into primary and secondary sources. Revisit their choices after reviewing the entire chapter.
Think About It
“We live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.”
—Alfred de Vigny