Primary and Secondary Source

1. Primary and Secondary Source Activity

6. Are these primary or secondary sources? • Bronze coins unearthed in China – historians have identified them to be from the Tang Dynasty • A newspaper article on Hitler dated 16th February 2005 • Poem on World War II, found in your History textbook • Minutes of your CCA meetings • Memoirs of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, published on his 81st birthday

7. Activity From the slides that follow, Identify the type of evidence i.e, written, visual/pictorial, oral or artefact Determine if it is a primary or secondary source Explain your answer

8. March 20, 1942 Finally we talked about the Jewish question. Here the Fuhrer (leader) is as uncompromising as ever. The Jews must be got out of Europe, if necessary by applying most brutal methods. Excerpt of Joseph Goebbel’s diary He was the head of propaganda in Hitler’s Nazi government B sketch by F.A.R. de Jong, a POW at the ‘Death Railway’ in Burma C D Mao Tse-tung A biography with pictures The Long March in China’s History Starring Rex Ting as Mao Tse-tung Video version A

9. F H Court gown of last Russian empress True Southeast Asian Traveler’s Tales from the 18th Century Compiled by Pet Bong A Comprehensive History of Famous Detectives By Shelley Homes E performed by the Comedy Playhouse at the Victoria Theatre 8 pm on the 21st of March 2002 One night only! Make your booking today! $40, $60, $100 Highlights of Elizabethan Theatre in 60 Minutes G I • Newspaper report of the early 1900s • on the latest achievements of RGS

10. J Recorded telephone communications between the criminal and his victims K Commentary by our reporter on Global Warming The Straight Times: Accurate Reporting Straight from the Most Reliable Sources! Jan 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Journal of Chinese Philosophy Volume 81, Feb 1999 edited by Yen Ching List of contributors & articles:  “On the rectification of names” Loy Hui Chieh ……………………...1  “Plato and Confucius” Benjamin Wong ………………….…14  “What is Chinese Philosophy?” Xun Ming ………………………….. 27 L

11. Answers

12. March 20, 1942 Finally we talked about the Jewish question. Here the Fuhrer (leader) is as uncompromising as ever. The Jews must be got out of Europe, if necessary by applying most brutal methods. Excerpt of Joseph Goebbel’s diary He was the head of propaganda in Hitler’s Nazi government Source A • Written • Primary • This is an excerpt of the actual diary that had been written during the Second World War, by Joseph Goebbel

13. Source B • pictorial • Primary • It isa primary source because the POW had sketch it during his imprisonment at the Death Railway.

14. Mao Tse-tung A biography with pictures Source C • Written • secondary source • A biography is a book written by someone else other than Mao. It contains opinions and analysis of the biographer.

15. The Long March in China’s History Starring Rex Ting as Mao Tse-tung Video version Source D • Visual • Secondary source • it is a documentary/movie produced based on the Long March which has already taken place. The show is an adaptation of the event and contains director’s interpretation of how the event had taken place.

16. performed by the Comedy Playhouse at the Victoria Theatre 8 pm on the 21st of March 2002 One night only! Make your booking today! $40, $60, $100 Highlights of Elizabethan Theatre in 60 Minutes Source E • Pictorial • primary source • it is a poster of the play (the event) and serves the function of informing the public about it in advance.

17. True Southeast Asian Traveler’s Tales from the 18th Century Compiled by Pet Bong Source F • Written • Primary • A compilation is a collection of short stories. The book contains the stories written by the travelers. The author did not edit the stories of the travelers.

18. A Comprehensive History of Famous Detectives By Shelley Homes Source G • Written • secondary source • It is a history book of famous detectives. It contains primary and secondary sources and analysis and interpretation of the author, Shelley Homes.

19. Court gown of last Russian empress Source H • Artefact • primary source • It was worn by the Russian empress during the time she lived or ruled.

20. Source I • Written • primary source • it is a newspaper article of that time updating its readers of the latest achievements of RGS.

21. Recorded telephone communications between the criminal and his victims Source J • Oral • Primary • It was recorded at the point in time when the crime was committed.

22. Journal of Chinese Philosophy Volume 81, Feb 1999 edited by Yen Ching List of contributors & articles:  “On the rectification of names” Loy Hui Chieh ……………………...1  “Plato and Confucius” Benjamin Wong ………………….…14  “What is Chinese Philosophy?” Xun Ming ………………………….. 27 Source K • Written • Secondary • It is a collection of articles compiled into a book and the articles were edited by Yen Ching. The articles are also secondary sources as it is an analysis taken from other primary sources

23. Commentary by our reporter on Global Warming The Straight Times: Accurate Reporting Straight from the Most Reliable Sources! Jan 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source L • Written • Secondary • It’s a commentary by the reporter on global warming. It is the reporters opinion on Global Warming and he used materials from other sources to make his comments.