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    Primary sources provide first-hand accounts of events through records created by people involved, such as personal records, visual materials, oral histories, songs, poems, and artifacts. They reflect a single perspective from the time period but can lack context. Secondary sources are created later and include interpretations by historians using multiple perspectives but were not present during the event. They provide more context than primary sources but cannot capture the original perspectives. The document provides examples to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.

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    Primary sources provide first-hand accounts of events through records created by people involved, such as personal records, visual materials, oral histories, songs, poems, and artifacts. They reflect a single perspective from the time period but can lack context. Secondary sources are created later and include interpretations by historians using multiple perspectives but were not present during the event. They provide more context than primary sources but cannot capture the original perspectives. The document provides examples to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.

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    Primary sources provide first-hand accounts of events through records created by people involved, such as personal records, visual materials, oral histories, songs, poems, and artifacts. They reflect a single perspective from the time period but can lack context. Secondary sources are created later and include interpretations by historians using multiple perspectives but were not present during the event. They provide more context than primary sources but cannot capture the original perspectives. The document provides examples to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.

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    An Introduction to

    Primary and Secondary Sources

    Primary Sources

    What are primary sources?


    Original records from the past recorded by
    people who were:
    Involved in the event
    Witnessed the event, OR
    Knew the persons involved in the event

    What are primary sources?


    They can also be objects (artifacts) or visual
    evidence.
    They give you an idea about what people
    alive at the time saw or thought about the
    event.

    What are primary sources?


    Keep in mind that a primary source reflects
    only one point of view and may contain a
    persons bias (prejudice) toward an event.

    Examples of primary sources:


    Printed Publications

    Books, magazines, newspapers

    Examples of primary sources:


    Personal Records

    Diaries, journals, records

    Examples of primary sources:


    Visual Materials

    Paintings, drawings, sculpture

    Examples of primary sources:


    Visual Materials

    photographs, film, maps

    Examples of primary sources:


    Oral Histories

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    example of oral history -------- >

    Chronicles, memoirs, myths, legends passed down by


    word of mouth

    Examples of primary sources:


    Songs and Poems

    Examples of primary sources:


    Artifacts

    Tools, ornaments, objects

    Secondary Sources

    What are secondary sources?


    Secondary sources are made at a later time.
    They include written information by
    historians or others AFTER an event has
    taken place.

    What are secondary sources?


    Although they can be useful and reliable,
    they cannot reflect what people who lived at
    the time thought or felt about the event.
    But they can represent a more fair account
    of the event because they can include more
    than one point of view, or may include
    information that was unavailable at the time
    of the event.

    Examples of secondary sources:

    Textbooks, biographies,
    histories, newspaper report
    by someone who was not
    present

    Examples of secondary sources:

    Charts, graphs, or images


    created AFTER the time
    period.

    Name that Source!

    The following slides contain examples of


    primary and secondary sources. See if you can
    classify each example as a primary or secondary
    source.

    Classify these: primary or


    secondary?

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