(Big 6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem.)
STEP 1: TASK DEFINITION
Ask, "What's the task? What types of information do I need?"
Think about the final product you will need to create, and consider what special requirements you need to follow!
PRIMARY SOURCES
*Original, first-hand account of an event or time period
*Usually written or made during or close to the event or time period
*Original, creative writing or works of art
*Factual, not interpretive
EXAMPLES-PRIMARY
Diaries, journals, and letters
Newspaper and magazine articles (factual accounts)
Government records (census, marriage, military)
Photographs, maps, postcards, posters
Recorded or transcribed speeches
Interviews with participants or witnesses (e.g., The Civil Right Movement)
Interviews with people who lived during a particular time (e.g., genocide in Rwanda)
Songs, Plays, novels, stories
Paintings, drawings, and sculptures
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SECONDARY SOURCES
*Analyzes and interprets primary sources
*Second-hand account of an historical event
*Interprets creative work
EXAMPLES-SECONDARY
Biographies
Histories
Literary Criticism
Book, Art, and Theater Reviews
Newspaper articles that interpret
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