Primary vs. Secondary

A newspaper article about the civil war written in today's newspaper.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A copy of the Declaration of Independence.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A postcard written during World War II.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An encyclopedia written about Civil War.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An autobiography on Martin Luther King Jr.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Engraving of the Boston Massacre from Paul Revere.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Your fifth-grade social studies textbook.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A diary of a passenger on the Santa Maria.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A movie about the American Revolution.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source