wunder beta📜 How to read a primary source
A repeatable method for observing, sourcing, contextualising, corroborating, and arguing from primary evidence.
What you’ll learn
- What counts as primary?
- Observe before interpreting
- Source the creator
- Place it in context
- Read the language
- Corroborate carefully
- Build an argument
- Know the limits
- Practice the workflow
Questions this course answers
Which question best identifies a source's purpose?
Purpose concerns the action or response the creator sought from an intended audience.
A diary and an official report disagree about a strike. What is the strongest next step?
Context and perspective can explain disagreement and help define what each source can support.
Which sentence is a bounded thesis?
It makes an interpretable claim tied to features visible in one source without generalizing to everyone.
What belongs in the observation pass?
Observation records what is directly visible before interpretation or contextual explanation.
Why write a limitation sentence?
A clear boundary keeps the argument proportional to the source and guides further research.
Grounded in trusted sources
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