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What are primary sources?

What are primary sources?. Original records from the past recorded by people who were: Involved in the event Witnessed the event, OR Knew the persons involved in the event. What are primary sources?.

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What are primary sources?

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  1. What are primary sources? • Original records from the past recorded by people who were: • Involved in the event • Witnessed the event, OR • Knew the persons involved in the event

  2. What are primary sources? • Keep in mind that a primary source reflects only one point of view and may contain a person’s bias (prejudice) toward an event.

  3. Examples of primary sources: Personal Records Diaries, journals, records

  4. Examples of primary sources: Visual Materials Paintings, drawings, sculpture

  5. Examples of primary sources: Oral Histories Click on this button to hear an example of oral history -------- > Chronicles, memoirs, myths, legends passed down by word of mouth

  6. What are secondary sources? • Secondary sources are made at a later time. • They include written information by historians or others AFTER an event has taken place.

  7. Examples of secondary sources: Textbooks, biographies, histories, newspaper report by someone who was not present

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