{"id":377,"date":"2021-01-19T01:38:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T01:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2021-01-29T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:48:11","slug":"week-2-sources-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abbymullen.org\/hist390spring2021\/week-2-sources-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: Sources on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most important things you&#8217;re going to learn in this class is how to use sources on the Internet. This is going to be a multi-week process; we&#8217;re just getting started on it this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Housekeeping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make sure you <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdINgRZjRRY-hU9cYYssrY5VGjEmkPvTV3j1y_twLp79Rz9Mw\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">submit your grade contract<\/a>!<\/li><li>Remember that you can go ahead and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeY-Wj9N3f1K4DqX7iG7v49tQcacOiEINHXM1gcN7NYBAsX5g\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">submit Base Project 1<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, watch this video from John Green (yes, the author of <em>The Fault In Our Stars<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLlv2o6UfTU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take special note of the things that AREN&#8217;T signals of a source&#8217;s credibility or reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we&#8217;re going to pivot to sources that might be online or they might not, but we learn about them from the library catalog! So we&#8217;re checking out a couple of videos from Dr. George Oberle, the history librarian (and a faculty member in the department). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ldyWYA-qH_I\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then one about the journal databases from the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IzsU_SVGKv4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdYXBsLvGpprL2iVbUpUjwJ7UKIjMXuapPk9fmRWZ5BRNEhOA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">blog post (submit here)<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/flipgrid.com\/379406f4\">Flipgrid video<\/a>, reflect on these questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why does it matter whether we use reliable sources?<\/li><li>What are three criteria for evaluating sources?<\/li><li>Does the presence of a source in the library necessarily make it a legitimate source? Why or why not? (Why might a library hold a source that isn&#8217;t reliable?)<\/li><li>Is the date something is created a way to assess whether it is reliable? Why or why not?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we&#8217;re going to check out some sources that start to help us narrow down a topic for the semester&#8217;s projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more thing to listen to, which is your professor&#8217;s take on some of the ways you should judge reliability (in addition to the ones you&#8217;ve already identified earlier this week). <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vnbjGGKt8Jm6OdpaS7GOR_HET5FXTzuG\/edit\">There&#8217;s a transcript here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=40939045&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;live-autoplay=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it&#8217;s time for you to go out and find some sources on your own!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Base 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Project Base 2 is all about finding&#8212;and keeping track of!&#8212;secondary sources. 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