History Sources

An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a ....

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Which document is a secondary source?

• Research findings on video gaming's effects

• Population statistics from the Australian Census

• An almanac

• Kevin Rudd's apology speech

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source?

• Interprets and analyzes primary sources

• One or more steps removed from the event

• May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them

• Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event

A photograph is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Your parents describing how your great grandfather came to Australia.

• Primary Sources

• Secondary Sources

Secondhand information is an example of a secondary source

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

• Original uniforms worn by soldiers

• Diaries written at the time of an event

• video of a historical event

• A poem about a famous person from your classmate

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

• Newspaper articles

• Diary entry

• Encyclopedia

• Textbook

I am writing an essay on Albert Namatjira for my Australian history project. I used articles from Wikipedia and websites. What am I using?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An autobiography of Mark Donaldson VC

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source