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Graphic Organizer for WWII Primary Source
Initial Observations
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Define your artifact. What category does it fall into?
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Origin (Who created or manufactured it? Where did it come from?)
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Personal connection– (is there a good story that goes along with this item?)
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Provenance (the history of ownership or location of an item –
What is its story?)
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Use or purpose (can you determine why it was created? To entertain? Protect? Inform?
Does it have a practical use?)
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Wartime connection – what does this specific item tell you about the war?
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What does this tell you about its owner?
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