Primary and secondary resources

What is a primary source?

• a source used often
• a source found in an important book like an encyclopedia
• A source created at the time of an event by an individual who was there
• A source created after an event has happened

What is a secondary source?

• A source used often
• A source created after an event has happened by someone not present at the event
• a second piece of information written about an event
• A source created at the time of an event.

Secondary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT:

• An analysis of primary sources or events
• Interpretations of original documents
• Sources created later by someone who did not participate in the event
• Original materials

An article about the Civil War written during the Civil War

• Primary

• Secondary

A report about the life of Abraham Lincoln written by a 5th grade student

• Primary

• Secondary

An audio recording of an immigrant talking about their experience of Ellis Island.

What is the audio recording in this sentence?

• Primary

• Secondary

A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11

• Primary

• Secondary

What  type of source is this? A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived in Idaho in the 1870’s.

• Primary
• Secondary

What type of source is this? A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks

• Primary
• Secondary

What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your grandparents photo album

• Primary
• Secondary