Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

A Secondary Source is:

• a source created at the time the event happened.

• a source that gets information from somewhere else.

• by fake people.

• by celebrities.

Prime or Secondary: A biography of Frederick Douglass.

• Prime

• Secondary

Prime or Secondary: A movie that stars Denzel Washington as Frederick Douglass.

• Prime

• Secondary

Frederick Douglass's actual paper his speech "What does the 4th of July mean to the Negro?" was written on.

• Prime

• Secondary

An autobiography about Frederick Douglass.

• Prime

• Secondary

A writer who is talking about his book in an interview.

• Prime

• Secondary

A textbook that describes the Civil War.

• Prime

• Secondary

Your parents telling you what they remember from 9/11/01.

• Primary

• Secondary

A friend who tells you about his awesome Social Studies teacher from 8th grade.

• Primary

• Secondary

A Primary Source is information that was created:

• at the same time the event happened.

• at another time by someone else.

• by fake people.

• by famous people.