Primary vs Secondary Sources

Pottery from ancient Greece

• Primary

• Secondary

An interview with a Holocaust survivor

• Primary

• Secondary

A YouTube video about Barack Obama

• Primary

• Secondary

Your history textbook

• Primary

• Secondary

"The Diary of Anne Frank"

• Primary

• Secondary

A PowerPoint Mrs. Bradley uses to teach about Ancient Egypt

• Primary

• Secondary

A letter written by George Washington

• Primary

• Secondary

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid"

• Primary

• Secondary

A National Geographic article about Otzi the Iceman

• Primary

• Secondary

A research paper written by a scientist about a new discovery

• Primary

• Secondary