Experiencing the Titanic Disaster

Analyzing Primary & Secondary Sources

Directions:
For this assignment read the following excerpts from primary and secondary sources. Complete
a table identifying the author, audience, format, and purpose of each excerpt. Remember that
primary sources are first-hand, original accounts, records, or evidence about a person, place,
object, or an event. Secondary sources are accounts, records, or evidence derived from an
original or primary source. n other words, you could as! yourself the "uestion, #$as this person
there%& f the person was there, it is a primary source, if they were not there, it is a secondary
source. 'ou will need to use your boo!, Titanic: Voices from the Disaster to figure out the
answers. (nce you complete the table, copy and paste the table into the )nalysis page you
created on your *itanic project website. *his is the second of two tables that you will include on
your website+s )nalysis page.
Analyzing
Primary &
Secondary
Sources
Excerpt Source )uthor Audience
EXAMPLE:
The final docking in New York at
Pier No. 54 North Rier! when all
o"r friend# and relation# learned
the tr"th a$o"t the e%tent of the
lo##! wa# the la#t nere&
#hattering $low for 'an(
)eo)le*it 'arked the end of all
ho)e.+ (Hopkinson p! "#$
%uoting &ack Thayer'
,rimary -ac! *hayer
,eople not on board
the *itanic
, didn-t een feel the #hock*+
.ride #aid. There wa# no /olt
whateer.+ (Hopkinson p! ()
%uoting Harold *ride'
,rimary .arold /ride People not on board
the
Titanic
0"rior Lawrence .ee#le( wa#
er( glad to #ee land again. ,t
#ee'ed to hi' that eight week#
rather than eight da(# had
)a##ed #ince he-d left England.
1e co"ld $arel( re'e'$er tho#e
fir#t )eacef"l! "neentf"l ho"r# of
the o(age.(Hopkinson p! "#('
Secondary
/essley
The sinking of the
Titanic he said.
Mother then relea#ed 'e! and
now $eginning to $e fearf"l a$o"t
'( father! , lifted '(#elf to look
)a#t her #ho"lder and #aw the tail
end of o"r #hi) ai'ed #traight ")
toward the #tar# in the #k(!+ #aid
2rankie.
(Hopkinson p! "$+ %uoting
,rankie -oldsmith'
Secondary
Fran!ie 0oldsmith
All the lights seemed
to be on when
suddenly they all
went out.
3hen 4olonel Archi$ald 5racie
t"rned aro"nd to look for the
#hi)! he reali6ed that the Titanic
wa# nowhere to $e fo"nd. The
#trange #o"nd he had heard '"#t
hae $een the water clo#ing oer
the #tern in tho#e la#t #econd#.
(Hopkinson p! "$"'
Secondary
Colonel )rchibald
0racie
.orks /ited
.op!inson, 1., 2342. *itanic5 6oices from the 1isaster. Scholastic ,ress.