Primary vs Secondary Sources

Interview with Rosa Parks about Civil Rights

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

5th grade Social Studies Textbook

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An arrowhead found in a state park

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A movie about the life of Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Newspaper article about a car crash

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Photograph of Babe Ruth at a baseball game

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Which of the following are PRIMARY sources?

• Interviews

• Speeches

• Autobiographies

• Text books

• Magazine articles