Primary vs. Secondary Sources

letter from Abigail Adams to her husband, President John Adams

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

broadside (a poster) about Civil War soilders

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

textbook

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

sheet music for an old pioneer song

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

new biography of Benjamin Franklin

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

student report on Helen Keller

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

family photograph

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

original painting in your living room

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

underwater pictures of the Titanic taken by Robert Ballard

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

underwater pictures of the Titanic taken by Robert Ballard

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source