PRIMARY SOURCES – PART 1

Task A: Take two or three items from your purse, pocket, or bag. In the
first column, identify each item either by name or by description.
Task B: In the second column, explain what each item says about you as its
owner. Turn your paper over when you have completed Tasks A and B.

Description or identification of Explanation of each item in terms What someone else thinks each
each item. of what it says about its owner. item says about its owner.

In a pair, triad, or small group, discuss the following questions:

1. What similarities did the two interpretations (Column 2 and Column 3)

have?

2. How might you use this activity to explore the concepts of perception
and historical accuracy?