I understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed through analysis of primary sources of many kinds.

In this post, I will be discussing primary sources and the importance of them. So what exactly is a primary source you may ask? Well it's an original document of an event; this proves the event to be true. For example, WWI, a primary source of WWI would be a letter from a soldier or an artifact, like a helmet. Primary sources provide us with a lot of knowledge of an event. A letter from a soldier could give you a clear image in your mind of what was happening to that soldier. Primary sources just give us a physical evidence of a historical event, it proves to us that the event was real and it really happened, it wasn't made up.

My Virtual Museum!

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This is a Tiger Beer advertisement from 1933.
This teches us that there were beer advertisemtns back then. This picture came from a Malasian archive which makes it trustworthy to me.

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This is a picture of a Cuban anti-imperialism rally.This shows us that not everyone was for Imperialism and how people fought it. This is a trustworthy source because it came from a fine art website which I checked out and is trustworthy.

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This is artwork/advertisement against Imperialism. This shows us the tension between countries in a way. It shows how Iraq was against Imperialism. This source is trustworthy because it as well came from an artwork site. It seemed trustworthy.

This is a letter sent from a soldier in ww1 to his mother and father.

This is a knowledgeable source because it gives us a view of what letters in that time looked like. This source came from a website that was dedicated to artifacts and letters and such from WW1, which made it a trustworthy source in my book.:)