1. Primary vs. Secondary Sources

2. Brainstorm:  List 3 examples of primary sources.  List 3 examples of secondary sources.

3. Primary sources may include:  Journals/diaries, original research, original photocopies or sound recordings, artwork, original documents, speeches, novels, etc.  How would you define a primary source now?

4. Definitions:  Primary Source: a document or object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. In other words, they are ORIGINAL documents, creative works, or artifacts.

5. Secondary sources may include:  Literary or artistic analysis, textbooks, dictionaries, anthologies, encyclopedias, journal articles, analysis of research findings, etc.  How would you now define a secondary source?

6. Definitions:  Secondary Source: interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.

7. Brainstorm:  Why is it important to know the difference?  Why do authors often use both primary and secondary sources to help them compile a work?

8. Primary or Secondary?

9. PRIMARY!

10. Primary or Secondary?  Biography of Drew Brees

11. SECONDARY!!

12. Primary or Secondary?  A painting by Joan Miro.

13. PRIMARY!!

14. Primary or Secondary?  History Textbook

15. SECONDARY!!