Primary and Secondary Sources

Which of the following defines the concept of "primary source"?

• Second-hand information summarizing an event

• First-hand information on the historic event

• Argumentative articles or sources of past historic events

Which of the following defines the concept of "secondary source"?

• Information created by the people involved in the historic event

• Summaries of several historic sources

• First-hand information from the moment of the event by the people who lived such event

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

• Audio of a live interview

• Textbook

• Letters from a journal

• Chronicles

Which of the following is NOT an example of a secondary source?

• Textbook

• Biographies

• Documentary

• Personal Journal of a historic figure

Which type of source is shown in the image? (picture of the civil war)

• primary

• Secondary

Which type of source is shown in the image? (map of the indies)

• Primary

• Secondary

Which type of source is shown in the image? (letter of Columbus)

• Primary

• Secondary

Which type of source is shown in the image? Biography

• Primary

• Secondary

Which type of source is shown in the image? (government document)

• Primary

• Secondary

Which type of source is shown in the image? (magazine of multiple articles of different times)

• Primary

• Secondary