Practice Ranking Sources (High School)
Not all sources are created equal. Imagine you are writing a paper on the problem of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Your teacher has encouraged you to use a balance of primary and secondary sources. The following sources appear on your various result lists. Rank them in terms of their relative value to your paper. Consider which you could most easily defend if your teacher questioned their value. (For discussion: Would your rankings change depending on the type of project you were doing?)
| Description
of Source |
Rank
and Reason |
Primary
(P) /Secondary(S) |
|
| A
transcript of a 20/20 interview found in Electric
Library, with a physician from Doctors Without Borders.
The doctor describes the cultural reasons for the spread
of the epidemic, found in Electric Library. |
|
|
|
| An
article from People Magazine on World AIDS Day |
|
|
|
| A
current article from USA Today that includes of
map of the regions most heavily affected. |
|
|
|
| The
article on Africa from Grolier Online which offers
an overview of the issue. |
|
|
|
| A
report from the Website from the Center for Disease
Control |
|
|
|
| An
article from Science magazine on new research
developments in Rwanda. |
|
|
|
| Congressional
Testimony on the global response to the AIDS epidemic by
a the doctor who is Executive Director of UNAIDS |
|
|
|
| The
website of Celebrities Fighting AIDS in Africa |
|
|
|
| Proceedings
of the 9th Conference on AIDS in Africa hosted
by the University of Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
| Newspaper
analysis of a speech made by our President after a visit
to a hospital in Africa
|
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