Primary or Secondary Source?

Photograph

• Primary

• Secondary

Textbook

• Primary

• Secondary

Textbook

• Primary

• Secondary

Answer explanation

Both are correct! If we are studying how people reacted to an event, the newspaper is a primary source. If we are studying the event itself, it is a secondary source.

Website

• Primary

• Secondary

Journal

• Primary

• Secondary

Artefact

• Primary

• Secondary

Experiment

• Primary

• Secondary

Legislation (laws)

• Primary

• Secondary

Encyclopedia

• Primary

• Secondary

Literature

• Primary

• Secondary

Answer explanation

When we are studying something in English, the text (book, play, film...) is the primary source.