Primary & Secondary Sources Vocab

original records of a past event, usually created by someone who saw or participated in the event

• secondary source
• journal
• diary
• primary source

  an object made or used by humans long ago

• document
• journal
• artifact
• diary

a view or judgment formed about something

• fact
• opinion
• journal
• secondary sources

  records of events that are written or told by someone who was not at the event

• primary source
• artifact
• memoir
• secondary source

something that is known or proven to be true

• opinion
• diary
• fact
• biography

when events or a series of past events are told as a story

• memoir
• autobiography
• historical narrative
• biography

a historical narrative based on personal knowledge or experiences about a specific time 

• autobiography
• memoir
• biography
• journal

a historical narrative based on all the events over their entire lifetime author writes about their own life

• journal
• diary
• autobiography
• biography

a historical narrative based on all the events over their entire lifetime author writes about someone else’s life

• biography
• memoir
• diary
• autobiography

a book of events that are recorded at regular intervals

• artifact
• diary
• journal
• memoir