Primary and Secondary Sources

What defines a primary source?

• Original material created or produced during the time under study

• Information created by someone who did not experience the event

• A summary of information from other sources

• A textbook or encyclopedia

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• A biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

• A textbook chapter on the Civil Rights Movement

• Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

• A documentary about the 1960s

What defines a secondary source?

• First-hand information from an event

• Original material from a specific time period

• Created by someone who did not participate in the events or time periods being studied

• An artifact from a historical period

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• A diary entry from a historical figure

• A photograph from a historical event

• A government document

• A history textbook

What is the relationship between primary and secondary sources?

• Secondary sources are always more reliable than primary sources.

• Primary sources are created by studying secondary sources.

• Secondary sources rely on primary sources to report information about the past.

• Primary and secondary sources are unrelated concepts.