Name: 第一手和第二手資料｜閱讀｜可汗學院 (First and secondhand accounts | Reading | Khan Academy)
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I just got back from the library with these.

No, I get it, but these books will help us talk

about the difference between a first and secondhand account.

You see, this is a travel diary written by a young man

Whereas this is a book about the Oregon Trail

A firsthand account is created by the person

Firsthand accounts are also called primary sources.

Primary is another way to say first or original.

A secondhand account is more distant from the event,

The story uses pronouns like they, she, or he,

Let me show you more specifically by comparing

Okay, so this one, our firsthand account,

"and it's been a few days since we had good water.

"It's been at least a week since any of us

And here's the excerpt from a secondary source,

"The Oregon Trail didn't have many trees.

"In fact, some children played games with buffalo chips.

So we've got here two passages both about buffalo droppings,

They're mostly made of dried grass, honestly.

What are the big differences between these two passages?

Look at how Horace uses first person pronouns

He's telling the story from his perspective

and the perspective of other people traveling with him.

He was right there starting fires with buffalo chips.

We can see how he felt about not having access to water.

Firsthand accounts connect us more closely

And because he was there, he can accurately describe

He doesn't know what it was like in other wagon trains.

He doesn't know what it was like to be a Native community

wasn't there, doesn't consider themselves

part of the us the way that Horace considers himself

Instead, they're trying to tell the stories

This is what makes it a secondary source,

Because secondhand accounts are more distant

The author of this second passage, for example,

isn't worried about anything that's happening

They're not even referring to a specific set of pioneers.

They're talking about what these migrants did in general.

They're giving you background knowledge, general knowledge.

of a secondhand account cover more ground.

They don't have to stick to the narrative

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第一手和第二手資料｜閱讀｜可汗學院 (First and secondhand accounts | Reading | Khan Academy)

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