UNCOVERING THE PAST ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE LYNN PEPPAS Crabtree Publishing Company www crabtreebooks com
INTRODUCTION REMEMBERING THE PAST People must know the past to understand the present and to face the future (cid:38)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:70)(cid:38)(cid:79)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:23)(cid:24) The past is everything that has happened up to this moment in time but the past is impossible to know The only way to truly know about an event or time is if you have lived it Although history tells us about the past it is never the complete story History is a written record of a particular time or event History gives us a small glimpse into the past Even historians cannot know everything that once happened Historians learn about an event or era by examining the pieces of evidence called primary sources that have been preserved Historians have a lot in common with detectives Both analyze evidence to determine what really happened Historians evaluate and interpret primary sources to help them understand as much as they can about the past Interpreting primary sources is not easy Often we think we know about a subject from listening to others watching television or reading books But not everything we read see or hear is always true We look at primary sources to form our own understanding of what happened ows us to see DEFINITIONS (cid:58)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:192)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:86)(cid:29) A decade is a period of ten years a century 100 years and a (cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:88)(cid:80) 1,000 years A (cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81) is all the people born and living at the same time such as Generation X 1960 1980 An era is a period of time with a certain characteristic such as the Roaring Twenties the 1920s An (cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:72) is a long period of time such as the Stone Age 4 UNCOVERING THE PAST
ANALYZE THIS PERSPECTIVES This photograph was taken in New York City in 1913 Note the differences from parades you see in New York today Are most of the people in the parade men or women Are most of the spectators men or women Why might the women carrying placards be wearing white or light-colored clothing It is important to study history to help us solve the problems and challenges we face By knowing what has and has not worked well in the past we can prepare a plan of action to deal with the challenges of today and those we may face in the future (cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:20)(cid:28)(cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:3) marched up Fifth (cid:36)(cid:89)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:49)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:60)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3) (cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:89)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:17) WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE 5
