Primary and secondary sources

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

An autobiography that a person wrote about their own life:

• Primary

• Secondary

A photograph taken at an event.

• Primary

• Secondary

A movie about Abraham Lincoln:

• Primary

• Secondary

If you are telling about something that happened to you, that is a _________ source.

• Primary

• Secondary

If your parents are telling a story about something that you did, that is a ________ source.

• Primary

• Secondary

A primary source _________

• tells us about the past from people who were actually there

• tells us about the past, but the people were not actually there for the event.

• Both

A secondary source ___________

• tells us about the past from people who were actually there.

• tells us about the past from people who were not actually there.

• Both

• Primary
• Secondary

• Primary
• Secondary