Primary accounts are written by people who lived through the events they are describing. Secondary accounts are written by people who did not live through the events they are describing (in other words historians). Recently youve read four primary accounts (Chumash Mythology Working in the Fields Straight Outta Compton and Farewell to Manzanar) and four secondary accounts (Into the Strawberry Fields An Overview of Japanese Internment The Causes of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and An Overview of California Native Culture). Which do you think is the better type of source for learning about the past and why? Your answer should contain specific examples from at least four of these readings.
Primary accounts are written by people who lived through the events they are des
Primary accounts are written by people who lived through the events they are describing. Secondary accounts are written by people who did not live through the events they are describing (in other words historians). Recently youve read four primary ac