Hi, Class! This is Instructor Luis Fernandez and for this video I'm going to touch bases on the Primary Source that you need to find for your Primary Source Analysis Paper that you have to do for this semester. So I know some of you might have some questions so we'll briefly go through them. So, on first week’s module there was a brief, or detailed overview of what I'm looking in terms of the assignment; what is the primary source and where you could actually find the information to find a primary source, so it does give you the scope of time period that I want you to find that primary source to actually conduct this Primary Source Analysis Paper; and I do have to tell you that I want you to do it within the context of US History within that time frame, nothing outside of the US. There's two ways you can find primary sources, there’s actually three, but I'll mention two: Library of Congress we actually go there, and also the National Archives, those are national archives that hold primary sources. You should know from the first week's module what a primary source is, and so these are two ways you can find a primary source. You can actually click on the Library of Congress and I'll take you to the Library of Congress all you have to do is just search “political cartoons.” You can actually put it from the time period that you want to, and you'll find these political cartoons as primary sources of the time. I prefer political cartoons because a picture's worth a thousand words that you can overly analyze the political cartoon, its meaning and so forth; but you're more than welcome to do any other kind of primary sources that you wish within the time frame period that is discussed in that module, so that is where you'll find some of primary sources. Specifically, like I said my personal favorite is political cartoons and so this is from the National Archives you can pick one that you choose again or you can go to the Library of Congress. I've already gone through them and again I searched for “political cartoons,” and I found some of them within the time period. Here is a “Political Guillotine” that talks about President James K. Polk and so that would be some political cartoons or primary sources that I would prefer, personally. These are the two websites that you can actually find primary source for your analysis paper. You could also try a third one which will be just going on Google and then type in “political cartoons from the 1820s” or “1800s” of whatever you prefer. I do have to warn you that Google though you gotta make sure they are actually primary sources from the time period. Whether it's a political cartoon, or any other type of primary source. Make sure they have not been altered in any way. A lot of times these cartoons now are used as memes, so that is the process that I would go about in terms of finding a primary source. Now, once you find a primary source of your choice you are going to analyze the source and if I was choosing, like I said, my personal favorite is political cartoons; and if I was analyzing this political cartoon based on the questions that are in that descriptor on that page the deals with the Primary Source Analysis Paper you just analyze the source. It's not a research paper, so you're not going to talk or research the political cartoon for this example. You're just going to analyze it, so for example here you see a poster or banner that says “Universal Freedom, One Constitution, One Destiny, Abraham Lincoln as President” so you analyze that part of the source. It's a political cartoon probably in favor of Lincoln as president in the 1860s, and then you also see a ballroom of predominantly African-American women dancing with predominantly White men. And so what does that mean, what does this political cartoon trying to say about the political climate, what does integration of black women and white men dancing in a dance floor mean at this time. Also, you want to analyze this picture of these people kind of peeking in in terms of the dance to see what they're viewing. You also analyze the picture back here. So again, that is just the process of analyzing the primary source. Again, I am using a political cartoon because they're just easier to do. You're more than welcome to analyze any other source that you prefer, but do follow the template of answering these questions. That if I can go back here, that are outlined in the Primary Source Analysis page here such as Basic Identification “What type of sources is it?” is a newspaper, article, map, letter. When was it created? Where was it created? and What was the Author's Intent? That is specifically true with the political cartoon that I just mentioned earlier that I would use as an example. So you go to the historical context, like I mentioned of the political cartoon that I used as an example, dealing with Abraham Lincoln and his presidency or candidacy for president; And then you just answer these questions as you go along, and so once they are answered your paper is writing itself; I hope this provides a little bit more clarity in terms of what I'm looking for. You do have to submit a Primary Source Paper by the end of the semester. So, again, the way of actually finding sources, I put it here, there's two links here to Library of Congress and National Archives. I showed you the National Archives here, I showed you the Library of Congress here, and the other alternative is Google Images and see what you find within the time period that you want to discuss or analyze in your Primary Source Analysis Paper. That is it for this video, if you have any questions, as always, please feel free to reach out to me through the different modes that I set up. Otherwise, take care, stay safe, and have a good week!