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History with Primary Sources

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Vietnam War

The Great Depression 

 

 


What is a primary source?

A primary source is first-hand evidence or source.

primary source is from the period or era being researched.

Examples of primary sources: speeches, letters, comics, cartoons, songs, court documents, journals, diaries, interviews, artifacts, autobiographies, statistics, experiments, and photographs.

 

What is a Secondary source?

secondary source is a book or article written about a time period, event, topic, etc.

Secondary sources provides background information about the topic being researched.

Secondary sources are based on primary documents.

Examples of secondary sources: articles, dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, books.