Primary vs. Secondary Sources

A biography about

Abraham Lincoln.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An autobiography about Bill Gates

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The author, Gary Soto, talking about his latest book.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Your teacher describing how Pilgrims came to America.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

An interview with a soldier about his experiences in Iraq.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A book about the second president of the United States, John Adams.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A newspaper article from 2014 describing the Great Depression in the 1920s.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The United States Constitution

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A classmate giving an oral report about the Civil War

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A college professor teaching about how the pilgrims lived hundreds of years ago.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source