HIS 100 Module Four Activity Bias
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HIS 100
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Four Activity Template:
Bias in Primary Sources
Locate an additional primary source relevant to your historical event. Use it and the primary source you identified in a previous module to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed text with your responses.
Source One
Conduct source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
Attempt to write the APA style citation for your first primary source and include a link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
Ruben, B. (1995). Speaking for the Earth.
Environmental Action
,
27
(1), 11.
Speaking for the Earth: Multi-Search (snhu.edu)
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
Barbara ruben
What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
o
Environmental Jounalist
When was the primary source created?
o
1995
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
Spring 1995
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
Since this article was published in Environmental Actions, I believe the
audience would be those interested or studying major events surrounding the environment.
Why was the primary source created?
o
To educate reader on the progress made between the first Earth Day in
1970 and the article's publication in 1995.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
An environmentalists perspective/ third person Source Two
Conduct a source analysis on a primary source relevant to your historical event.
Attempt to write the APA style citation for your second primary source and include a
link to it. You will not be penalized for incorrect format.
1
Waxman, O. B. (2019, April 19). Meet ‘Mr. Earth Day,’ the man who helped organize the annual observance. Time
. https://time.com/5570269/earth-day-
origins/
Earth Day Founder on What to Know About the First Earth Day | Time
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
Olivia B Waxman (TIME)
What was the author’s or creator’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
o
Journalist
When was the primary source created?
o
April 19
th
2019
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
April 19
th
2019
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
Readers that want a first-person story about Earth day's organization without any interpretation or paraphrasing.
Why was the primary source created?
o
This article interviews Denis Hayes, the original organizer of Earth Day.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
First person perspective of Denis Hayes, who was present during the first Earth day. And The interviewer’s perspective, who is receiving information about the event.
Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
For my source from the interview with Hayes on the TIME website, he speaks deeply about pollution, wildlife protection, oil spills, and food pesticides. I felt as though he was bias when it came to bettering the environment but his bias were good and positive. He wanted change and was in favor of making a change for the better by organizing this day. In my opinion this source is on the line of being pro-Earth day bias and balanced.
My second source by Barbara Ruben has a pro-Earth day bias as well. She does use some negative words when describing what she did not what the Earth to be like, for example she says, “Our goal is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human creatures and for all other living creatures. An environment without ugliness, without ghettos, without discrimination, without hunger, without poverty, without war.”
Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
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