Imagine you represent your company at a service organization dealing with one of these two issues:facing economic change or engaging civil rights. Your supervisor has asked you to research information related to the history of this issue for your organization to help new employees and volunteers understand it better. Choose one of these issues, and put together a list of four credible sources (two primary and two secondary) and evaluate them.

Step 1:Identify quality primary and secondary sources related to a historical topic.

• Find four sources (two primary and two secondary). Two of these sources can come from the resource list, and two must come from your own research. Some of the items in the resource list are collections, so you'll have to dig a little deeper to find a specific source that matches your topic.

Step 2:Identify key elements of each source, including the author, date, and main idea.

Step 3:Describe the biases and perspectives of the authors of each source.

Step 4:Explain why each source is or is not credible.