* the retelling of things that happened in the past
* Artifacts * Art * Architecture * Writings
* a human made object such as weapons or tools
* item written by a person who witnessed or participated in an event
* Item written by someone who was told about the event by another person
Identify the writings described in the following slides as either Primary or Secondary.
* A friend giving a report about the Industrial Revolution’s changes to America
* A biography about the sixteenth President, Abe Lincoln.
* A college professor describing how the pilgrims lived.
* A blog written by an employee describing what it is like working at Apple.
* Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts.
* A textbook describing WWII
* A letter from John Smith about his meeting with the Powhatan Indians.
* The movie Titanic
* The History Channel explaining how life was for a slave.
* An autobiography about Bill Gates.
* A Native American writing about how his ancestors used to use all parts of the animals they hunted.
* A reporter describing his time in Iraq.
* A movie showing the life of George Washington.
* A radio recording of Walt Disney talking about Disney World.
* The Bill of Rights
* A friend telling you about their trip to the Grand Canyon.
* A journal created by Sequoyah about how he created the Cherokee Alphabet.
* A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikolia Tesla’s “electrical battle.”
* A biography entitled, “George Washington, the Man Who Would Be King.”
* A famous artist’s painting of what cowboy life was probably like in the 1850’s
* An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.
* A painting by Leonardo DaVinci
* The Gettysburg Address
* A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.
* A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.
* An autobiography about the 40 th President, Ronald Reagan.
* A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.
* Anne Frank’s diary describing her life during WW2
* A letter from a cowboy about his cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.
* A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
* A textbook describing the Civil Rights Movement
* A news report about the opening of a power plant.
* A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith