Primary Vs. Secondary Sources

An interview with your best friend about his grandfather’s experience during the Great Depression is a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An excerpt from the U.S. Constitution is a...

What type of source is it?

• Primary

• Secondary

This youtube video is a:

• primary source

• secondary source

What kind of source is this news paper article?

• Primary

• Secondary

A photograph of WWI is a ...

• primary source

• secondary source

Secondary source documents include all of the following EXCEPT:

• A biography

• An analysis of original documents

• Sources created by someone who wasn't involved in the event and at a later time in history

• Original materials

What type of source is an original painting hanging in the Louvre.

• Primary

• Secondary

Is a Newspaper from 9/12/01 a primary source for the events of 9/11?

• Yes

• No

Lin Manuel Miranda utilizes Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton Biography as a source for his musical, Hamilton. Does Miranda utilize a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary