PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Primary SourceFirst Hand Information

Records created by people who took part in historical events.

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Primary SourceExamples of Primary Sources Official Documents

Declaration of Independence

Primary Source

Photographs and Personal JournalsPicture of the Battle of AntietamLewis and Clark’s journals

Primary Source

SpeechesGettysburg Address

Secondary Sources

Second Hand Information Written documents and other information created by people who were not involved in the historical event.

Secondary Sources

Textbooks American Nation

Secondary Sources

Encyclopedias World Book

Secondary Sources

Books Biographies and Historical Fiction

Primary or Secondary?

The Constitution of the USA

Primary or Secondary?

Primary or Secondary?

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Primary or Secondary?

George Washington’s journal

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