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Readings in Philippine History Section 1 (Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Sources)
Readings in Philippine History Section 1 (Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Sources)
Module 1
Section 1 (Distinction between Primary and Secondary Sources)
Discussion:
Primary Sources are considered as contemporary accounts of an events, personally written
or narrated by an individual person who directly experienced or participated in the said event which
includes materials that captures the most such as photographs, voice and video recordings and the
like. Those materials are considered as original sources that directly narrate the details of the event in
the form of diary or journal entries, letters, memoirs, journals, speeches, interviews, official records
such as government publications minutes reports, artwork and artifacts.