Primary & Secondary Sources

A primary source is first hand evidence

• True

• False

A secondary source has evidence from the second person you talked to

• True

• False

Secondary sources

• analyse and interpret primary sources

• are all 100% reliable

• are compiled by someone who was NOT present at the event

Which of these are primary sources?

• an autobiography

• a journal article

• an interview

• a documentary

Which of these are secondary sources?

• a letter

• a photograph

• a text book

Survey responses are

• primary sources

• secondary sources

Newspaper articles are

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• it depends

Most websites are

• primary sources

• secondary sources

A blog about Covid vaccinations would be a

• primary source

• secondary source

A fact sheet on the SA Health website about Covid vaccinations would be

• a primary source

• a secondary source