MODULE ONE PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT EXERCISE
1. In your own words, explain what is research?
2. In order to conduct a successful research there must be a process that one should follow. In your own words describe the sequence of this process.
3. Explain the term ‘source’. How is source linked to research?
4. Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data.
5. Give 4 examples of each of type of sources.
6. Choose two data collection methods and write a short scenario each to show how you will use them
7. Explain why you should follow certain considerations when choosing Data Collection method(s)?
Sources Exercise
For each of the following, indicate whether it is primary (P) or secondary (S), not a source used in history at all (N) or either, depending on its use (E):
21. _____ A World War Soldier’s coat button
22. _____An article in The Trinidad Express commemorating an important historical event
23. _____Prime Minister Eric Williams’ memoirs
24. _____Your history textbook
25. _____A colonial coin
26. _____ A 1962 copy of the Trinidad Guardian describing the Water riot in Port of Spain
27. _____ A farming machine from the 1890s
28. _____A letter from a schoolteacher describing the school curriculum
29. _____A photograph taken on the University of The West Indies campus during a 1970 demonstration
30 ____Your Great Grandmother’s wedding ring
31. _____The report of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Airport scandal.
1. In your own words, explain what is research?
2. In order to conduct a successful research there must be a process that one should follow. In your own words describe the sequence of this process.
3. Explain the term ‘source’. How is source linked to research?
4. Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data.
5. Give 4 examples of each of type of sources.
6. Choose two data collection methods and write a short scenario each to show how you will use them
7. Explain why you should follow certain considerations when choosing Data Collection method(s)?
Sources Exercise
For each of the following, indicate whether it is primary (P) or secondary (S), not a source used in history at all (N) or either, depending on its use (E):
21. _____ A World War Soldier’s coat button
22. _____An article in The Trinidad Express commemorating an important historical event
23. _____Prime Minister Eric Williams’ memoirs
24. _____Your history textbook
25. _____A colonial coin
26. _____ A 1962 copy of the Trinidad Guardian describing the Water riot in Port of Spain
27. _____ A farming machine from the 1890s
28. _____A letter from a schoolteacher describing the school curriculum
29. _____A photograph taken on the University of The West Indies campus during a 1970 demonstration
30 ____Your Great Grandmother’s wedding ring
31. _____The report of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Airport scandal.
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