Part 1: Using Sources Complete for each source as you read the lesson. An example has been provided for you.
Type of source Author Audience Primary or
Secondary Source Purpose Reliability
Newspaper, diary, photograph, etc. Who is the author?
What do you know about the author?
What are his or her biases, motives, etc.? Was the source created for the public or personal use? Is this a primary or secondary source? Why was this source created? How reliable is this source? Why?
Diary

Will Anthony is the blacksmith who owns the shop. He reported the theft of the tools. He employs Matthew Farmer as an apprentice. He is feuding with James Ansley, another blacksmith in town. Probably personal use since it is a diary and many people don’t expect others to read their diaries. Primary since it was created at the time of the event. Mr. Anthony probably created this for his own personal use. People don’t usually lie in their diaries, so the following information from his diary is probably pretty reliable:
His apprentice has been having money problems since his father was injured.
The tools were stolen during the night.
He doesn’t recall making the tools that are recorded in his sales journal.

Sales Journal

The blacksmith’s apprentice, Matthew, records all of the store’s sales transactions in this journal. This is an example of an artifact that a historian may use to understand an event or historical period. Secondary cause it talks about something else To remember who brought what

Part 2: Complete a 3-2-1 Chart
This is called a 3-2-1 Chart and you will be completing one for each lesson in the course. Your instructor may ask you about these during your discussion-based assessments or other phone calls.
3 List three things you learned from this lesson. 1.

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2 List two things from this lesson that you feel are very important. 1.

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1 List one question you have from this lesson. 1.

What changes caused these problems? HISORTY