Primary and Secondary Sources

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This source is created during or very close to the time it is reporting on.

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primary source

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Encyclopedias, textbooks, and biographies are examples of

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secondary sources

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Which one of these is not a primary source?

• artwork
• research paper
• music
• diary

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research paper

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In a secondary source,

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the author is not there to witness the event.

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President Lincoln's letters about the Civil War are a

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Primary Source

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A resource that has been analyzed, reworded and interpreted is

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a secondary source

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A court record like a birth certificate is a

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Primary Source

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A dictionary is

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a secondary source

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If you were going to write your autobiography, you would be writing a

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primary source