Primary and Secondary Sources

What does primary mean?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Last

What makes you a "first-hand" witness of something?

• Hearing about it from a friend

• Reading about it in a book

• Actually being there and seeing it for yourself

If I make a copy of a primary source, does that make it a secondary source?

• Yes

• No

What does secondary mean?

• Last

• Third

• Fourth

• After first

When are secondary sources made?

• During a historical event

• Before a historical event

• After a historical event

Many history classes learn by using textbooks. What kind of source would that be?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Third

If someone interviewed Martin Luther King Jr. about his work during the Civil Rights Movement, would that be a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

Your teacher is giving a lecture about the French Revolution, which happened in the late 1700s. Is your teacher's lecture a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

If Mr. Jarvis wrote a book about Harriet Tubman and all of her great accomplishments, would that be a secondary or primary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

If Mr. Jarvis wrote a book about his life growing up in Wilkes County, would that be a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary