Primary and Secondary Sources

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm

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A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived in Idaho in the 1870’s

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A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s to the 1890’s”

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A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle.

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Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

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A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Egyptians.

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An original photograph from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center Towers that you found in your grandparents’ photo album

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A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.

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An original World War I uniform worn by your great grandfather

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• secondary

A text book describing the civil rights movement.

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