Primary and Secondary Sources

What is a Primary Source

• The original source, created when it happened

• A response to the original source

• Something created by someone after the event

• An interpretation of something in history

What is a secondary source?

• Information that was created later, not by someone who was there

• The original source, created when the event happened

• Something written by a person who was there

• A picture of an event

Pick 2 examples of a primary source

• Diary entry

• Laws

• A textbook

• A biography

Choose two secondary sources

• A textbook

• A picture

• An autobiography

• An interpretation of an event

Is this photograph a primary or secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this diary entry a primary or a secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this textbook a primary or secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Are these tokens a primary or secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this autobiography a primary or secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this biography a primary or secondary source?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source