2. * the retelling of things that happened in the past

3. * Artifacts * Art * Architecture * Writings

4. * a human made object such as weapons or tools

5. * item written by a person who witnessed or participated in an event

6. * Item written by someone who was told about the event by another person

7. Identify the writings described in the following slides as either Primary or Secondary.

8. * A friend giving a report about the Industrial Revolution’s changes to America

9. * A biography about the sixteenth President, Abe Lincoln.

10. * A college professor describing how the pilgrims lived.

11. * A blog written by an employee describing what it is like working at Apple.

12. * Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts.

13. * A textbook describing WWII

14. * A letter from John Smith about his meeting with the Powhatan Indians.

15. * The movie Titanic

16. * The History Channel explaining how life was for a slave.

17. * An autobiography about Bill Gates.

18. * A Native American writing about how his ancestors used to use all parts of the animals they hunted.

19. * A reporter describing his time in Iraq.

20. * A movie showing the life of George Washington.

21. * A radio recording of Walt Disney talking about Disney World.

22. * The Bill of Rights

23. * A friend telling you about their trip to the Grand Canyon.

24. * A journal created by Sequoyah about how he created the Cherokee Alphabet.

25. * A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikolia Tesla’s “electrical battle.”

26. * A biography entitled, “George Washington, the Man Who Would Be King.”

27. * A famous artist’s painting of what cowboy life was probably like in the 1850’s

28. * An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.

29. * A painting by Leonardo DaVinci

30. * The Gettysburg Address

31. * A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.

32. * A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.

33. * An autobiography about the 40 th President, Ronald Reagan.

34. * A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

35. * Anne Frank’s diary describing her life during WW2

36. * A letter from a cowboy about his cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.

37. * A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

38. * A textbook describing the Civil Rights Movement

39. * A news report about the opening of a power plant.

40. * A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith