1. Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Which is which?

2. What is a primary source?

3. SPEECHES, QUOTATIONS
Remember when Vicky Bullett visited our school? Our principal taught this former WNBA basketball player in school in Martinsburg, WV! She was named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame! So, if you chatted with her and cited her words in a report, would your citation be from a primary or a secondary source?

4. Primary Source
If you interviewed Vicky Bullett, and then quoted her, her words would constitute a primary source, because you would not have changed them from her original words.
No changes
from original

5. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, such as newspapers, for example
Hey, let me see that newspaper, you know, the one we were talking about, with the article about the sea wolves in it!

6. Information has not been changed in any way
Primary Source
If you use information from the sea wolf newspaper article in your report, you can say that you retrieved your information from a primary source!
Information has not been changed in any way

7. a video is a primary source (click above to view video and then to advance to next slide)

8. What is a secondary source? What “Makes” it a secondary source?

9. A secondary source contains descriptions of events that were created without any personal or direct experience:
Journal and magazine articles
Books
Encyclopedias
Textbooks
Articles from databases

13. Want to learn how to make good use of primary sources?
Check out the Library of Congress website! You will find links to awesome resources for your projects!
Here’s another great primary resource link: National Archives – students, this is addressed to you!
Bibliography
Schau, David "Vicky Bullett ." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 03 December Web. 07 February 2016.
"Using Primary Sources." Library of Congress - Teachers. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 07 Feb <
"What Are Primary Sources? (A Time Travel Adventure)." YouTube. YouTube, 8 Aug Web. 09 Feb < Creative Commons license
"Wolf Clip Art & Images - Free for Commercial Use." ClipArtLordcom Free Public Domain Clip Art for Commercial Use RSS. Clip Art Lord, Web. 07 Feb clip-art/