Today’s question:

What aresources ?

WHAT DID THE CLIP TELL US ?

There are two kinds of sourcesprimary sources

and secondary sources.

SOURCES ARE…

…the things that

historians use to find out about the past

PRIMARY SOURCES…are things that

survive from the actual time being studied.

They provide us with first hand or primary information about that time.

Old diaries, photographs or pieces of pottery are all examples or primary sources.

SECONDARY SOURCES…are things that are

made by people after the actual time being studied.

They provide us with second-hand or secondary information about that time.

School textbooks and documentaries on TV are examples or secondary sources.

TOP TIP!

The only secondary sources are history books, biographies and documentaries.

EVERYTHING else is a primary source!!

(A) Primary or secondary?

(B) Primary or secondary?

(C) Primary or secondary?

(D) Primary or secondary?

(E) Primary or secondary?

(F) Primary or secondary?

(G) Primary or secondary?

(H) Primary or secondary??

(I) Primary or secondary?

(J) Primary or secondary?

(K) Primary or secondary?

(L) Primary or secondary?

WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY?

• People who study history uses clues to find out about the past called sources.

• There are two types of sources: primary and secondary.

• Primary sources come directly from the past.

• Secondary sources are about the past.

NEXT TIME

Where do we find

sources?