Primary and Secondary Sources (like the cards!)

My sister wrote a research report about the Boston Tea Party that happened in 1773.  

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Yesterday, we watched a video clip of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

Speeches are always primary!!

I bought a card at the store with a picture of the famous Mona Lisa painting on the front.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

It's NOT the real picture!

I read an eyewitness account of the car accident in the newspaper.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

Eye-witness means the person was ACTUALLY there! 

My class saw a display of soldier uniforms from the Revolutionary War at the museum. 

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

The museum had the ACTUAL uniforms from the time period. 

I watched a television show that featured an expert on colonial weapons and uniforms.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

He was an expert, but if he was on tv....he was not there during colonial times.  Those times were in the 1700s....way before tv was invented!

We took a field trip to the National Archives Museum to see the Declaration of Independence.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

This museum has the real Declaration of Independence.  It's a primary!

I read a book about the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower ship. Then I wrote a report for my history class.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

You were not there! You learned about it and wrote what you learned. The Mayflower ship sailed in 1620.

My neighbor told me about the concert that her daughter went to. 

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

Your neighbor was NOT there.  

My grandmother had a trunk full of toys that she used to play with when she was a little girl.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Answer explanation

Those toys are part of the time period when your grandma was little.  They are primary!