Primary Sources
A primary source is defined as "a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under
study"Primary sources are very important because they allow us to see on a first hand account what it was like during the time of the war. Primary sources can include things such as political cartoons drawn during the war or newspaper articles released during the war or even artifacts.
study"Primary sources are very important because they allow us to see on a first hand account what it was like during the time of the war. Primary sources can include things such as political cartoons drawn during the war or newspaper articles released during the war or even artifacts.
As you can see this is a letter from a soldier written to home during WW1, for the full letter go to: http://ww1soldier.edublogs.org/11/
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This right here is a newspaper that the Washington Times released right after the war had come to an end and all the fighting had stopped.
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Above is political cartoon that was drawn in 1917 by a German-American citizen.