These sources that you chose are reputable secondary sources that have information from other sources.

Place images show what comes to mind when we think of a place. Stereotypes are often a bad thing, but that is often the only knowledge an outsider has.

This shows how place myths have changed towns, but this particular case shows that the concept of the place myth has limitations.

The government is known for playing the part of being in charge, but never take charge. They are dismissive, and when the people ask for change, these so-called officials ignore it.

Again, this is another example of police brutality. We glorify police because they promise to help our community, but they often hurt more than help.

This suggests that the police officers are avoiding identifying the corpses because they were involved in the murder.

We always learn that the police force is meant to keep us safe, but the same people who are supposed to do so are responsible for the crimes they say that they are trying to prevent.

Police brutality is an ongoing issue that has recently gained a lot of traction with the deaths of George Floyd and so many others. This is an important point that still resonates now.

This quote states that the time when humans are alive is valuable.

This quote is important because in order to control the present, and in turn the future, you need to control the past. We can't go back in time and change what happened, but we can look back and learn from our actions.

Making inferences is a good strategy to get a sense of what is going on in a situation. However, you can never fully assume what is going on. Sometimes, drawing conclusions isn't such a good thing. You have to be careful.

When learning new words, the prefix, suffix, and root can clue you in to what the word means.

Learning new words is important for development. When you are a toddler, you learn many words. You may not think that you build much of your vocabulary after that, but you do, and language is constantly evolving.

I tend to skip through a lot. You can get by with Spark Notes and get the basic idea, but reading is still very important.

I do this a lot. I don't read things through, so I miss things or misunderstand.

I have this same problem. I don't like long texts, videos, or anything like that, so I tend to skip through. If I do that, though, I don't understand the material well.

Questions are important for the learning process. With questions, you get answers. With answers, you get new information and a better understanding of things.

Trusting your sources is very important, whether online or written text. It is harder to find reputable text online, since anyone can write and edit anything and make it look official.

I am very visual, so visual information like pictures, graphs, and charts work well.

Because of ever-changing technology, online reading is becoming very popular. It is not replacing physical text altogether, however, at least not for a long time.

Repetition is very important for learning new things.

Reviewing is important because certain reading material is easy to forget. Reviewing jogs your brain into remembering.

Annotation is important to better understand reading material. It is especially important with academic reading.

This quote is very important because it uses a simile between the process of eating and reading. With eating, you have to absorb the flavors and digest the food to fully enjoy and get the most out of the food. At the same time however, you have to eat at a moderate pace. Reading is similar. You can't just skim read, you have to fully reflect and absorb the material, but you also have to not spend too long on reading the material.

Purpose is important. Even though the purpose of reading is assigned, it is still important to find the purpose of the piece you are reading.

Topic sentences are important because they are the introduction to the essay. Like a movie trailer, it tells you what the writing will be about. Unlike a movie trailer, it is much shorter, only one sentence, but it is enough to summarize the coming narrative.

Transitions are very important in writing. Words like however, therefore, because, and for example are common transition words to look for in scholarly writing.

Just like how reading too quickly and casually without comprehension is not beneficial when it comes to academic material, neither is reading slowly and trying to absorb every word. You need to have a balance. You need to read quickly enough that you do not spend too much time on one portion, but you must read slowly enough to understand the material.

This is why evidence is very important in history, and why we examine several types of sources in different forms. Without evidence, we don't know whether or not something actually happened. People can make up stories, we need the proof.