Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Targets
Skill Builders

Lesson 2

Identifying and Using Sources

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Lesson 2 is about an important social studies skill – identifying and using primary and secondary sources.



Figure 2.1 Pearson Canada School
Figures 2.1 and 2.2 show two sources of information about the Aztecs.

Figure 2.1 is an image of the textbook used for this course. Figure 2.2 is a picture of part of the Borbonicus Codex.

Which of these sources is a primary source, and which is a secondary source?

What kind of information can we learn from these sources? Is one better than the other?

Figure 2.2 Courtesy of Wikipedia - Aztec Codices


Watch

You will use both primary and secondary sources in your inquiry about the Aztec Empire.

Click the link to watch the video, Primary vs. Secondary Sources, about the differences between primary and secondary sources.
Primary and Secondary Sources