Primary and Secondary Sources

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

An autobiography is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

What is a primary source?

• A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

• A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.

A diary is a...

• primary source

• secondary source

A photograph is a...

• primary source

• secondary source

Cave painting and carvings

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

My sister leaves a letter she wrote to her best friend on the kitchen table. I want to read it but I don’t because I know it’s private. What is her letter?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

I was playing with my friends and found an old wedding dress in the attic. My father said it was his mother’s. What is the dress?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

I like to read magazines for kids. I really like the stories about famous people who are in movies. When I read these stories, what am I reading?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

My friend Tim told me about a book he read that he really liked. He said I should read it too. When Tim talks about the book, what is he?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source