Agricultural Labor in Asian American History Paper Please read the instruction and attached files! COURSEPACK READER ASA 1: Introduction to Asian American

Agricultural Labor in Asian American History Paper Please read the instruction and attached files! COURSEPACK READER
ASA 1: Introduction to Asian American
History Spring Quarter 2019
Prof. Richard Kim
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GUIDE TO READING PRIMARY SOURCES
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are those constructed by people who were actually there at the time of the event
you are studying. For example, an 1865 newspaper account about the assassination of President
Lincoln is a primary source. Primary sources may include but are not limited to: letters, journals
and other items written by individuals; newspapers, magazines and other news sources; laws,
statutes and regulations; and memos, reports and other records generated within organizations. A
physical artifact, such as a piece of pottery excavated from an archeological site, can also be
viewed as a primary source. In contrast, a secondary source is one that compiles or analyzes
information about events with which the author was not directly involved. A textbook is a
secondary source, as are many articles in scholarly journals.
Why is reading a primary source different from reading a secondary source?
Reading primary source materials differs significantly from reading textbooks and other secondary
sources. Very often, textbooks and other secondary sources will tell the reader what is important to
remember from the text, and will organize the material specifically with the student in mind as the
audience. In contrast, because the author of a primary source was not thinking of college students
in the future as the most important audience for his or her work, s/he did not provide a road-map
to the reader to highlight what is most important. Reading a primary source therefore puts more
responsibility on the reader to extract from the text what is important.
How to Read a Primary Source
Good reading is about asking questions of your sources. Keep the following in mind when reading
primary sources. Even if you believe you can’t arrive at the answers, imagining possible answers will
aid your comprehension. Reading primary sources requires that you use your historical imagination.
This process is all about your willingness and ability to ask questions of the material, imagine
possible answers, and explain your reasoning.
I. Evaluating primary source texts: the following acronym that may help guide your evaluation of
primary source texts: PAPER.
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Purpose of the author in preparing the document
Argument and strategy she or he uses to achieve those goals
Presuppositions and values (in the text, and our own)
Epistemology (evaluating truth content)
Relate to other texts (compare and contrast)
Purpose
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Who is the author and what is her or his place in society (explain why you are justified in
thinking so)? What could or might it be, based on the text, and why?
Why did the author prepare the document? What was the occasion for its creation?
What is at stake for the author in this text? Why do you think she or he wrote it? What
evidence in the text tells you this?
Does the author have a thesis? What — in one sentence — is that thesis?
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