Sources
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Provides first hand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation. Primary sources are original documents created or experienced contemporaneously with the event being researched. Primary sources enable researchers to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. From: https://www.lib.uci.edu/secondary-sources
Some examples of primary source formats include:
archives and manuscript material
photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, films
journals, letters and diaries
speeches
scrapbooks
published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published at the time
government publications
oral histories
records of organizations
autobiographies and memoirs
printed ephemera
artifacts, e.g. clothing, costumes, furniture
research data, e.g. public opinion polls
Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources
A secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or period after the event has occurred and, generally speaking, with the use of primary sources. The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be a primary source in one investigation and secondary in another. The search for primary sources does not, therefore, automatically include or exclude any format of research materials or type of records, documents, or publications. From: https://www.lib.uci.edu/secondary-sources
Secondary sources can include:
books,
journal articles,
speeches,
reviews,
research reports
8th gr Primary & Secondary SourcesGraphic Organizer for your sources
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY Handbook.pdfGuide to review the differences between sources.
Primary Secondary Sources PresentationSlides to help you identify the two types of sources.
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all-about-primary-sources.pdfall-about-secondary-sources.pdfPoint-of-View-worksheet.pdf