History and Primary vs Secondary

A book written by Julius Caesar about his conquest of Gaul

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A biography of Julius Caesar written in the 1990s

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Archaeology is the study of

• Ancient Bones

• Ancient Artifacts

• Modern bones

• Prehistoric Humans

Paleontology is the study of

• Fossils

• Ancient Cultures

• Artifacts

• Ancient Plants

Anthropology is the study of

• Ancient Human Culture and Development

• Artifacts

• Dinosaurs

• Bones

A Primary Source is something written

• By an author who did not experience an event

• By someone who was a witness to an event

• By someone who knows someone who witnessed an event

A Secondary Source is written by

• Someone who was not part of the event but has researched it

• Someone who witnessed the event

• Someone who made up the event

An example of a good secondary source would be

• A map created by the army during WWII

• A biography of Albert Einstein

• A journal kept by a soldier during the Civil War

• A picture of the Battle of Gettysburg

A video recording of Yadier Molina's record breaking game would be an example of

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A recording of soldiers marching up the beach on D-Day during WWII is an example of

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source