Sources

Sources

Primary and Secondary 

Primary definition

item from first-hand evidence, or an original

Primary Sources examples

• ​Autobiographies

• Written letters

• Diaries

• Interviews

• Speeches

Multiple Select

Identify the source as primary

• Original photograph

• Authentic painting by Picasso

• Diaries 

• The Constitution of the United States

Secondary  definition

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items from second-hand evidence, a copy

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Multiple Select

Identify the secondary source(s)

• Textbooks

• Dictionaries

• Textbooks

• biographies