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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• Secondary

• Primary

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9