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Primary and Secondary Sources

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Primary and Secondary Sources

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  1. Primary and Secondary Sources

  2. 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:

  3. Types of Primary Sources • ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS • Diaries • Speeches • Manuscripts • Letters • Interviews • news film footage • Autobiographies • official records 

  4. CREATIVE WORKS Poetry Drama Novels Music Art Works of Fiction RELICS OR ARTIFACTS Pottery Furniture Clothing buildings Types of Primary Sources

  5. 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 

  6. 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 seconday sources include:

  7. PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks magazine articles Histories Criticisms Commentaries encyclopedias  Articles in scholarly journals Types of Secondary Sources

  8. Examples of Secondary Sources • A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings  • A history textbook  • A book about the effects of WWI 

  9. Evaluating Sources • How does the author know these details (names, dates, times)? • Was the author present at the event or soon on the scene? • Did they get the information from somebody / something else?

  10. Evaluating Sources Where does this information come from: personal experience eyewitness accounts reports written by others

  11. Evaluating Sources • Are the author's conclusions based on a single piece of evidence, or have many sources been taken into account (e.g., diary entries, along with third-party eyewitness accounts, impressions of contemporaries, newspaper accounts)?

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