Primary/Secondary Sources

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What is a primary source?

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It is information that comes directly from a person or source created during the time of an event or topic being studied.

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What is a secondary source?

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A source created by someone who did not experience firsthand the events which they are addressing.

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A speech is an example of a _______ source

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Primary

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Which item is a Secondary Source? Options: Drawing, Photocopy of the Constitution, Letter, Atlas

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Atlas

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A photograph of Abraham Lincoln is an example of a _______ source

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Primary

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Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source? Newspaper articles, Diary entry, Encyclopedia, Textbook

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Diary entry

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A set of World Book Encyclopedias is an example of a _______ source

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Secondary

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An autobiography is a

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Primary Source

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A textbook is an example of a _______ source

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Secondary

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I went to the library and found a newspaper written in 2005 about the first Tennessee Indian tribes. Is that newspaper a primary document?

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No