PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
Primary Source First Hand Information Records created by people who took part in historical events. The REAL DEAL
Primary Source Examples of Primary Sources Official Documents Declaration of Independence
Primary Source Photographs and Personal Journals Picture of the Battle of Antietam Lewis and Clark’s journals
Primary Source Speeches Gettysburg 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?
George Washington’s journal
Primary or Secondary?