Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources PRIMARY SOURCES
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Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources
PRIMARY SOURCES �A primary source is a document, speech, or other source of evidence written, created and produced during the time under study. Primary sources offer an inside view of a particular event.
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES Original documents: � Autobiographies, diaries, � E-mail, interviews, letters, � Minutes, news, film footage, � Official records, photographs, � Raw research data, � Speeches. �
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY RESOURCES � Creative works: art, drama, films, music, novels, poetry. � Relics or artifacts: buildings, clothing, DNA, furniture, jewelry, pottery.
SECONDARY SOURCES � Secondary � � sources provide interpretation and analysis of primary sources. � Secondary sources are � one step removed from � the original event.
EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY SOURCES � Britannica Online Encyclopedia � Britannica Encyclopedia (book form)
HARDEST QUIZ EVER!!!! � Primary or Secondary Sources? !
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PRIMARY OR SECONDARY? � Article about Martin Luther King Junior from Time Magazine in 1968. This was the year that he passed.
PRIMARY OR SECONDARY? �Mrs. Gladden