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Primary & Secondary Sources Developed by Elin Richmond using illustrations from National Geographic’s Journey Through Time Revised 8/2010 – M. Shelton
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Primary & Secondary
Sources
Developed by Elin Richmond
using illustrations from National Geographic’s Journey Through Time
Revised 8/2010 – M. Shelton
Some types of primary sources
include:
Art Pottery
FurnitureClothing
Buildings Diaries
Speeches Letters
InterviewsNews film footageAutobiographiesOfficial records
Primary Sources A primary source is a document or object that was written or created by the
people who experienced the events being studied.
Some specific examples of
primary sources include:
Diary of Anne Frank
The Constitution
Paleolithic cave paintings
Your own diary
Oldest Known Cave Drawing
Some types of secondary sources
include:
Biographies
Articles
Non-fiction text
Internet resources
Secondary Sources
A secondary source is developed by people who researched the event, but did NOT experience them first hand. These sources interpret and analyze a primary source.
These sources can include quotes or pictures from a primary source though.
Some specific examples of
secondary sources include:
Your Social Studies text book
Martin Luther King JR (a biography)
Video about Ötzi
Comparing Primary & Secondary
Sources • Imagine for example a person being interviewed on TV for information about an accident the person witnessed.
• Now consider how accurate that interview would be if the person that witnessed the accident, told his friend, who told her cousin, and THEN the cousin was interviewed about the
accident.
• Sometimes a secondary source is the best option we have. For example, your Social Studies book, written by educated authors, using many reliable sources, allowing a great deal of information to be put into one book.
You are probably asking,“Why do I need to know
this?”
• This knowledge will help you to be able to distinguish a primary source from a secondary source.
• This knowledge should enable you to be a better judge of what is authentic and what could be influenced by personal opinion.
• Remember that a primary source is in a way an eye-witness to an event.
Primary or Secondary Resource?
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Primary or Secondary Resource?
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