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Reflect on the concept of personal responsibility as it relates to a historical event or figure. Personal responsibility refers to the ability to recognize and accept the consequences of one’s actions, make ethical decisions, and contribute meaningfully to one’s community and society. It involves self-awareness, accountability, and a commitment to personal growth and civic engagement.
Primary sources are found most commonly in digitized sources, but also archiving libraries, museums, and exhibits.
Libraries carry many primary sources, especially newspapers (often on microfilm or in a database), memoirs, autobiographies, maps, audio and video materials, and published collections of letters, diaries, and interviews. Many of these can be found using the library's catalog. Many library materials can be borrowed.
Museums collect, preserve, and display objects of historical or cultural significance. Primary sources found in museums include artifacts, art, maps, tablets, sound and video recordings, furniture, and realia.
Databases of primary sources often include digitized or scanned primary sources that are related by subject, time period, or institutions that maintain the original sources.
A primary source is a firsthand direct account of an activity.
Primary sources may be transformed from their original format into a newer one, such as when materials are published or digitized, but the contents are still primary. There are many primary sources available online today, but many more are still available in their original format, in archives, museums, libraries, historical sites, and elsewhere.
Secondary sources usually use primary sources and offer interpretation, analysis, or commentary. These resources often present primary source information with the addition of hindsight or historical perspective. Common examples include criticisms, histories, and magazine, journal, or newspaper articles written after the fact. Some secondary sources may also be considered primary or tertiary sources - the definition of this term is not set in stone.
Tertiary sources are further developments of secondary sources, often summaries of information found in primary and secondary sources and collecting many sources together. Some examples of tertiary sources are encyclopedias and textbooks. Again, this term is not set in stone - some sources may be both secondary and tertiary.
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