Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Pretend you want to research the Titanic. Which PRIMARY SOURCES could you use? (Select All)

• An interview with a survivor

• The movie "The Titanic"

• A book written by a survivor

• A photograph of the Titanic itself

A _____ source is an artifact from an event, or an account of an event by someone who was actually there.

An opinion, account, or interpretation of an event by someone who was NOT there.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Unimportant Source

• Irrelevant Source

Which one is the TRUE statement?

• You can find a secondary source within a primary source

• You can find a primary source within a secondary source

While digging in our backyard, we discovered an old diary kept by a women during the Civil War period. If you were studying the Civil War, what type of source would this be?

• Secondary

• Primary

Most historical events have a movies made about them. These movies would be considered _____ sources.

• Secondary

• Primary

Pretend that after hours of research, you wrote a report on the Seminole Native American Tribe. Your report is a _____ source on the topic.

• Secondary

• Primary