HIS 100 Module Four Activity Template: Historical Narratives
Locate an additional secondary source relevant to your historical event. Use all four of your
sources (two primary and two secondary) to answer the questions below. Replace the bracketed
text with your responses.
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
[The Great London Smog of 1952]
Attempt to write the APA style citations for your four sources. Include links to each source. You will not
be penalized for incorrect citation format.
[Moore, J.
& Hamilton, J.
(1999, December 15).
I was there: Great smog, 1952 ; I was there:
Jenny Hamilton
. ProQuest. https://www.proquest.com/docview/338256166?
parentSessionId=TnqvuWSl8IN2mtx%2BF5Wzwb4ZKqWTiWfp9BzJuvgrIec%3D]
[Robson-Mainwaring, L. (2022, July 19).
The Great Smog of 1952
. The National Archives blog.
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-great-smog-of-1952/]
[
Laskin, D. (2006). The Great London Smog.
Weatherwise
,
59
(6), 42–45. https://doi-
org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.3200/WEWI.59.6.42-45]
[Bell, M. L., & Davis, D. L. (2001). Reassessment of the Lethal London Fog of 1952: Novel
Indicators of Acute and Chronic Consequences of Acute Exposure to Air Pollution.
Environmental
Health Perspectives
,
109
, 389–394. https://doi.org/10.2307/3434786]
Compare the narratives presented in your primary and secondary sources relevant to your
historical event.
[The narratives in my primary sources are more of a story and the narrative in my secondary
sources presents more facts and data. The primary source was living the in the moment then
describes it and the secondary sources takes all the information from that time and compiles it
together.]
Describe one narrative that has significantly influenced the contemporary understanding of your
historical event.
[The story telling of the people from one of my primary sources helps me have a better
understanding of what the event might have felt like during that specific time.]
Explain how the chosen narrative helps you better understand your historical research question.
Please provide your revised research question and then explain how the chosen narrative helps
you better understand your historical event.
[The narrative I have chosen is from the frontlines of the event. They were living it firsthand and
see how the smog influenced people’s health.]
How did the Great London Smog of 1952 influence human health?
