Primary & Secondary Sources
Primary & Secondary Sources
AIM: How do we find out about the past through documents?
Do Now: Primary or Secondary Document Worksheet
Common Core Standards
Reading
Lesson Content
Today we are discussing the differences between Primary and Secondary sources. These are the ways historians find out facts about the past and how they write about it.
A Primary Source is something written or spoken or heard or seen by a witness to an event.
Examples:
- Letters
- Photographs
- Diaries
- Poems
- Newspaper Accounts
- Interviews
- Class Notes & Meeting Notes
- Autobiography
- Recordings / Video
- Portraits/Statues/Monuments (at or near the time)
A Secondary Source is something completed long after and event happened and where the person who wrote it did not witness the event. It is often a retelling of the event using Primary Sources.
- Dictionaries (all)
- Encyclopedias (all)
- Text Books (all)
- Term Papers (all)
- Essays (all)
- Biographies (all)
Use this Primary & Secondary Sources Guide for further study.
Classwork & Homework
Lesson Powerpoint: Primary Sources
Classwork Activity: Primary Source Activity
Homework: Assignments