Primary and Secondary Sources

An autobiography that a person wrote about their own life:

• Primary

• Secondary

A photograph taken at an event.

• Primary

• Secondary

A movie about Abraham Lincoln:

• Primary

• Secondary

Your Social Studies textbook:

• Primary

• Secondary

I'm writing about an event in history. If I use Wikipedia, I'm using what kind of source?

• Primary

• Secondary

If your parents are telling a story about something that you did, that is a ________ source.

• Primary

• Secondary

If you are telling about something that happened to you, that is a _________ source.

• Primary

• Secondary

Which are examples of primary sources?

• Picture, Artifact, Diary

• Textbook, Wikipedia, Newspaper Article