HIS 100 Module Four Activity Bias Thelma Robinson
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HIS 100 Module Four Activity: Bias in Primary Sources
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Thelma Robinson
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.
Yang, A. (2019). Retrieved from https://abcnews.go.com/US/lgbt-activists-remember-stonewall-
riots-50-years-fighting/story?id=63083481
Respond to the following questions:
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Who authored or created the primary source?
o
Editor and Journalist Allie Yang (who was a Producer at the time) from ABC News
interviewed Mark Segal.
Segal gave background on the events from the Stonewall Riots.
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What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was
created?
o
The author, Allie Yang, was a Journalist and Producer with ABC News.
The primary
source was included in the New York Gay (now LGBTQIA+) community.
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When was the primary source created?
o
June 28, 2019, 50 years after the date of the initial riots.
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Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
This interview was published on the abcnews.com website.
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Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
I believe the intended audience was not only the US readers but readers worldwide.
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Why was the primary source created?
o
In honor of the riots, this source was produced and released in conjunction with ABC
News.
To mark the 50th anniversary, they spoke with eyewitnesses who were still
living.
those who had the opportunity to discuss what transpired and how they felt
during those occasions.
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Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
This interview was presented with the perspective of those that were actually present
during the riots.
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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.
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Baumann, J., & White, E. (2019).
The stonewall reader
. New York, NY: Penguin Classics.
Respond to the following questions:
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Who authored or created the primary source?
o
Jason Baumann and Edmund White
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What was the author’s or creator’s
position in society at the time the primary source was
created?
o
Jason Baumann and Edmund White were both Editors at the time the primary source
was created.
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When was the primary source created?
o
2019
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Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
This was released by Penguin Books, New York in 2019
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Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
I believe the intended audience was any and all who were interested in the
remembrance of the Stonewall Riots.
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Why was the primary source created?
o
To mark the 50
th
anniversary of the most significant event in the gay liberation
movement.
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Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
This book tells the stories as written by those who were a part of the gay community,
those involved in the riots, and those who played key roles in the revolution.
Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
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One could state that the primary sources are biased since the stories are told from the side of
those wanting to abolish the laws during that time.
Not much input or voice is given to those
who created and/or wanted to uphold the laws.
There were opportunities for upholders to
speak up and they remained silent.
Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
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Both primary sources are solely based on the historical events directly.
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