Grace Weaks HIS 200 Applied History module 2 PDF

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Module 2 Short Responses – Question 1 What types of primary and secondary sources will you need to use to support the topic you are examining in your essay? You don't need the actual sources yet, but you should have an idea of what they might be (such as an eyewitness account of an event, for example).

Examples of primary sources that I will use is Shapiro Library, the Library of Congress and newspaper articles from the time period. Textbooks, scholarly articles about the time period, and biographies are examples of secondary sources that I will use.

Module 2 Short Responses – Question 2 What are two or three keywords you could use to look for sources to answer this question?

Sandhogs. Brooklyn Bridge.

Module 2 Short Responses – Question 3 What subject terms can you use to continue your search?

Hudson River Tunnels. Sandhog band.

Module 2 Short Responses – Question 4 When you search for "construction," you get a lot of extraneous answers. What [?]Boolean operators[/?] and corresponding search terms could you use to narrow your search?

Tunnel construction. Construction in the 1900's....