Primary vs Secondary Sources

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm

• Primary

• Secondary

A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle

• Pimary

• Secondary

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2

• Pimary

• Secondary

A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.

• Primary

• Secondary

A text book describing the civil rights movement.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A news report about the opening of a power plant

• Primary

• Secondary

A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon

• Primary

• Secondary

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built

• Primary

• Secondary

An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.

• Primary

• Secondary

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik

• Primary

• Secondary