Primary vs Secondary Sources

Front

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

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Secondary

Front

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

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Secondary

Front

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

Back

Primary

Front

A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.

Back

Secondary

Front

A text book describing the civil rights movement.

Back

Secondary Source

Front

A news report about the opening of a power plant

Back

Primary

Front

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

Back

Secondary

Front

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built

Back

Secondary

Front

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

Back

Primary

Front

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik

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Primary