1. Primary and Secondary Sources
How to tell the difference

2. Primary vs Secondary Introduction
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3. Primary Sources:
Are Original documents that tell you about a time or an event; the source is from That time period.

4. Examples of primary Sources
Artifacts
Diaries
Newspapers

5. Primary Sources
Speeches
Documents
Photographs

6. Tells you about an event but is from a time after the even occurred.
A secondary source:
Tells you about an event but is from a time after the even occurred.

7. Authors of Secondary Sources:
Interprets and analyzes primary source documents which can inject bias ***How can interpretation inject bias?

8. Examples of secondary Sources
Reproduced Artifacts
Encyclopedias
Textbooks

9. Secondary Sources
Movies and Plays
Essay or Critique
Biographies

10. Evaluating Sources
Always use P A S T when making an initial investigation of a source, this will help you determine if the source is primary or secondary.

11. P A S T P- PURPOSE A- Author S- Slant T- Time Period
What was the object used for? What does the text say? What does the picture show?
Who created this?
Is there bias? What is the point of view or frame of reference of the source?
When was it created? What is the historical context or what was happening at the time it was created?
P- PURPOSE A- Author S- Slant T- Time Period

12. Let’s Practice….Use P A S T
History Textbook
Published 2002
Written by National Geographic
Used for general study in high school
Primary or Secondary? Why?

13. Let’s Practice….Use P A S T
Joe Florio, Illinois farmer
Interviewed by grandson January 1, 2001
Interviewed about farming in Illinois in 1934
Interviewed about going to University of Illinois in 1934
Created for family history
Primary or Secondary? Why?

14. Primary Vs Secondary Sources