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What are Primary Sources?

What are Primary Sources?. A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. What are Primary Sources?.

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What are Primary Sources?

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  1. What are Primary Sources? • A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

  2. What are Primary Sources? • They reflect the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.

  3. What are Primary Sources? • Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period

  4. Websites-Primary Sources • http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html • American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library [http://memory.loc.gov/] • Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm] • EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents [http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/] • Gallica: Digital Library of the National Library of France [http://gallica.bnf.fr/] • Making of America: 19th c. books and magazines [http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/]

  5. Books, Articles & Objects Can Be Primary Sources • Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII  • The Constitution of Canada - Canadian History  • A journal article reporting NEW research or findings  • Weavings and pottery - Native American history  • Plato's Republic - Women in Ancient Greece 

  6. Several Examples Of Words That Identify A Primary Source • charters • correspondence • diaries • early works • interviews • manuscripts • oratory • pamphlets • personal narratives • sources • speeches • letters • documents

  7. What are Secondary Sources? • A secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or phenomenon.   

  8. What Are Secondary Sources? • It is generally at least one step removed from the event and is often based on primary sources.

  9. What Are Secondary Sources? • Examples include scholarly or popular books and articles, reference books and textbooks. • Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. • PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias

  10. What Are Secondary Sources? • A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings  • A history textbook  • A book about the effects of WWI 

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