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Primary Sources v Secondary Sources

Primary Sources v Secondary Sources. What are Primary Sources?.

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Primary Sources v Secondary Sources

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  1. Primary Sources v Secondary Sources

  2. What are Primary Sources? • A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include: • ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records  • CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art  • RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

  3. Examples of Primary Sources • Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII  • The Constitution of Canada - Canadian History  • A journal article reporting NEW research or findings  • Weavings and pottery - Native American history  • Plato's Republic - Women in Ancient Greece 

  4. What are Secondary Sources? • A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of secondary sources include: • PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias 

  5. Examples of Secondary Sources • interprets or reviews previous findings  • A history textbook  • A book about the effects of WWI 

  6. Are YOU A GOOD RESEARCHER??? • Read the following examples of sources. Place a check by the ones that are SECONDARY SOURCES. Be careful! Some of the these are difficult!____1. Diary kept by John Smith, a soldier in the Confederate Army, published in a collection of Alabama papers____2. Photograph of Dr. George Washington Carver taken in 1898____3. Biography of George Washington____4. Newspaper article about the assassination of President Kennedy written on November 23, 1963____5. Television mini-series about President Franklin Roosevelt's life____6. Scrapbook kept by Mrs. Mary Smith in 1883 with copies of recipes and household hints____7. Photograph album containing pictures of classmates at Tuskegee Institute in 1923____8. Letter written by Emily Smith to her friend Pamela Jones, May 3, 1826, describing her trip by wagon from North Carolina to Huntsville, Alabama and the log cabin her father was building for the family____9. Article about Martin Luther King, Jr. in People Magazine, 1988____10. Information about Creek Indians in World Book Encyclopedia____11. Cassette tape of an interview with Dr. James Lee describing his life as a doctor in Montgomery    County during the 1920s____12. The Story of Alabama, a textbook by Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton____13. Matthew Mason's will, 1896____14. Map of Alabama drawn by John LaTourette, 1841____15. Minutes from the 1898 organization of Dexter Avenue United Methodist Church published in a play in 1988

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