Primary and Secondary Sources

What is a primary source

• information that comes directly from a person or source

• information that is a summary of another source

Is a journal writing a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

What is a secondary source

• information that comes directly from a person or source

• information that is a summary of another source

Is a textbook a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

Is a video clip of a speech from history a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

Is an essay about an event a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

Is a summary novel about a true crime event a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

A speech is a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An autobiography (book written by the person about themselves) would be a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A fossil is a...

• primary source

• secondary source