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HIS 100 Module 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.
My primary source is my mother in law and her oldest brother. This is not possible to be cited
using APA.
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
This is a conversation with my mother in law, Dorothy, and her oldest brother, Kenny.
What was the author’s position in society at the time the primary source was created?
o
Kenny was a child when the Great Smog of London happened and he ended up in
hospital for breathing issues.
When was the primary source created?
o
He was born in 1946.
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
This was a conversation we’ve had in the past and also recently when this project came
up.
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
Me and my husband.
Why was the primary source created?
o
It was created to assist with and give a personal experience for this assignment.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
It’s in Kenny’s perspective.
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.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5440984/
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Bharadwaj, P., Zivin, J. G., Mullins, J. T., & Neidell, M. (2016). Early-Life Exposure to the Great
Smog of 1952 and the Development of Asthma.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical
Care Medicine
,
194
(12), 1475–1482. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201603-0451oc
Respond to the following questions:
Who authored or created the primary source?
o
Baharadwaj, P. Zivin, JG, Mullins, JT, Neidell M
What was the author’s or creator’s position in society at the time the primary source was
created?
o
Bharadwaj is from the Dept of Economics
o
Zivin is from Dept of Resource Economics
o
Mullins and Neidell are PhDs from Mailman School of Public Health
When was the primary source created?
o
2016
Where was the primary source created, released, or publicized?
o
It was published online for the NCBI.
Who was the intended audience for the primary source?
o
Medical Peers
Why was the primary source created?
o
This was created to look into the long term effects of air pollution exposure and the the
root causes of asthma in children.
Whose perspective(s) is presented in the source?
o
From the perspective of the children who were in uteri or very small during the Great
Smog and the collective evidence as presented to the researchers
Both Sources
Analyze the primary sources relevant to your historical event for the presence of bias.
I can see Uncle Kenny having a bias since he was affected by the Great Smog in ways that are still
present. He may have feelings of, not so much regret, but more so wishful thinking that he
wasn’t around during it.
Compare how your historical event is represented in your primary sources.
With Uncle Kenny, he has told me his first hand experiences and what he remembers. These are
the memories of a 6 year old boy and may be wrong, exaggerated, or traumatic. The medical
paper represents publicly available and special use data from those over the age of 50, but when
it comes to studies like this, you can’t account for stories being told and remembered by toddlers
through their mothers.
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