Declaration of Independence
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For this assignment, you need to visit the https://www-docsteach-org site- Historians
typically use two types of materials, secondary souce, and primary souce
documents- Secondary souces are typically books and articles written on a particular
historical event, well after the fact- Primary souce documents are usually generated
by first-hand participants. Good historians rely heavily on origin" rel="nofollow">inal materials created at
the time of the event- For this reason, historians spend a good deal of time at the
archives- There are many types of archives, but by far, the largest in" rel="nofollow">in the United
States, is the National Archives in" rel="nofollow">in Washin" rel="nofollow">ington, DC.
The National Archives contain" rel="nofollow">ins more than 10 billion documents, and they have
collected thousands of those in" rel="nofollow">in the National Archives DOCSTeach site- After you have
opened the above lin" rel="nofollow">ink, click on “Menu” on the upper left, and then “Documents-” In
the “Keyword” box type in" rel="nofollow">in the subject you wish to research-
After you images have appeared, you need to select five (5) of them that are relevant
to you topic- In the upper right hand corner, just above you image, there is an icon to
save that image- You will also note that below each image there is some in" rel="nofollow">information
about that document as well as full citation-
Paper must be double-spaced (Fumes New Roman, font size 12)- Paper should in" rel="nofollow">include
a thesis statement, and a narrative and conclusion that defends that argument-