Primary & Secondary Sources

A photo of a crime scene

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A 2015 Broadway musical depicting the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States

• Primary

• Secondary

The Diary of Anne Frank

• Primary

• Secondary

Artifacts

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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A textbook describing the civil rights movement.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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The United States Constitution

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

What is a secondary source?

• A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

• A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.

What is a primary source?

• A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

• A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.