Primary vs. Secondary Sources

The Diary of Anne Frank

(The diary Anne kept while in hiding during World War II)

• primary

• secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A photo taken at the launch of the spaceship Apollo 11

• primary

• secondary

A biography of Abraham Lincoln's life that was written in the 21st century

• primary

• secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A documentary detailing people's accounts of the San Francisco earthquake

• primary

• secondary

Newspaper article announcing that the Titanic had hit an iceberg and sunk

• primary

• secondary

Textbook about American history

• primary

• secondary

A letter written by Amelia Earhart that told about her first solo flight

• primary

• secondary

A blog written by a man chronicling his travels around the world

• primary

• secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The blueprints used for the construction of the Empire State Building

• primary

• secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

• primary

• secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9