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Context for the Guide

World History I Research Paper

Early Civilizations 

Directions: In this project, you will respond to a question posed by your teacher in order to study an early civilization. Choose this page for suggestions for sources relevant to most research questions. For specific documents and sources for your class, click on the tab for your class above (WH1 or Honors WH1).

 

Academic Source Types

You need a good mix of primary, secondary and tertiary sources to do your work. 

Primary -- Eyewitness accounts

Documents from witnesses and participants in the historical event, first-hand accounts

Look for: Speeches, journals, photographs, letters, news articles, images, artifacts, pottery (note that some of these could be secondary too, so think about when they were created.)

Secondary -- Analyze and quote from eyewitness accounts

Documents from journalists, scholars, and writers that provide detailed perspectives on events, quote or interpret primary sources directly

Ex. news articles, textbooks, nonfiction texts like biographies

Tertiary -- summarize or list information 

Sometimes grouped with secondary sources, provide article-length summaries or lists of events 

Ex. Encyclopedias, indexes

Sources

History.com

World History Encyclopedia

Britannica

Khan Academy

Wikipedia

Research study summaries