Primary v. Secondary Sources

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A chapter in your textbook about the causes of the American Revolution

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A photograph of the D-Day invasion from World War 2

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A Wikipedia article about the 2016 presidential election.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A biography written about Taylor Swift

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

Your art project on Michaelangelo from art class

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

Our class history textbook

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

Your grandma's diary from when she was a teenager

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A recently published non-fiction book about the Battle of Saratoga

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A Congressman's email about a proposed bill

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this a primary or secondary source?

A video taken by a witness of the Challenger rocket ship explosion

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source