Primary

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Primary Secondary Sources

• 7th grade Social Studies

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• Primary
• Source

• a document, speech, or other sort of evidence
  written, created or otherwise produced during the
  time under study.
• Offers an inside view of a particular event
  (eyewitness)

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Types of Primary Sources
Original Documents Creative Works Artifacts and Relics
Letters, diaries, autobiographies, official records, photographs, emails, speeches, interviews Music, art, novels, poetry, drama Buildings, clothing, furniture, jewelry, pottery
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• Secondary
• Sources

• interprets and analyzes primary sources.
• 1 or more steps removed from event
• May have pictures of or quotes from primary
  sources in them

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Types of Secondary Sources
Publications
Textbooks, magazines articles, encyclopedia, commentary
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Examples

• Primary

• Secondary

• Cave Painting
• Birth Certificate
• Roman Coins
• Medieval Castle in Europe

• Book written today about ancient Egyptian
  mummification process
• History textbook
• Journal/Magazine article with reviews of previous
  findings