Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning strike.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The United States Constitution

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A journal written by Lewis about his exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A history book describing Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A newspaper article from 1941 describing the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Another student reading a report about the tanks from World War One.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A movie showing the life of George Washington.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycott.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A Native American's journal describing what it was like to meet white settlers for the first time.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source