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Primary and Secondary
Sources
TYPES OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
WRITTEN SOURCES
NON-WRITTEN SOUCES
Historians must decide how to interpret ALL the
evidence...When? Where? Why?
1. Letters
2. Autobiographies
3. Diaries
4. Speeches
5. Poems/Songs
6. Business records
7. Original maps/calendars
8. Photographs
WRITTEN SOURCES
Primary Secondary1. Textbooks
2. Encyclopedias
3. Articles &
Paintings done
after the event
occurred
4. Most websites
5. Biographies
NON-WRITTEN SOURCES
Oral Tradition Fossils Artifacts Ruins
1. Legends
2. Myths
3. Beliefs passed on my word of mouth
4. Storytelling
5. Interviews
REMAINS or IMPRINTS of:
1. Plants
2. Animals
(Once alive)
1. Tools
2. Jewelry
3. Coins
4. Toys
5. Man-made weapons
1. Tombs
2. Monuments
3. Whole Cities
What Are Primary Sources?
The actual accounts of events or the original documents
Diaries Letters Journals Speeches Interviews Photographs Audio and Video
Recordings
Original literary or theatrical works
Original advertisements
Magazine and Newspaper Articles (as long as they are written soon after the fact and not as historical accounts)
Examples of Primary Sources
This is an original advertisement for Lux Soap.
Examples of Primary Sources
This is an original letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Adams in 1788.
Examples of Primary Sources
Map of Michigan showing the Toledo, Ann Arbor, & North Michigan Railway and connecting lines.
What Are Secondary Sources?
They interpret the primary sources.
Text Books
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Books that interpret history
Articles that interpret history
Examples of Secondary Sources
A text book is a secondary source written about the primary sources.
Examples of Secondary Sources
World Book Encyclopedias are secondary sources of information.
Think About It
Why do you think historians use both primary and secondary sources?
How do you think primary sources can be used?
ResourcesLibrary of CongressAmerican Memory CollectionLever Bros. Advertisement for Lux Laundry Flakes Digital ID ncdeaa L0009http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.award/ncdeaa.L0009http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?eaa:6:./temp/~ammem_7jOE::
Library of CongressAmerican Memory CollectionThe Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1. General Correspondence. 1651-1827Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, January 13, 1788, Included Copy of Thomas Jefferson Letter to Hogguer, Grand, & Company, same date
Library of CongressAmerican Memory CollectionMap CollectionDIGITAL ID: g4111p rr005830 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4111p.rr005830http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:1:./temp/~ammem_RS0I::@@@mdb=gmd,klpmap,ww2map
History text Graphichttp://www.amazon.com/History-Lessons-Textbooks-Around-Portray/dp/1595580824/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216832981&sr=1-5
World Book Graphichttp://store.worldbook.com/wb/product.asp?sku=10029
Social Studies Grade Level Content Expectation 3-H3.02 Explain how historians use
primary and secondary resources to answer questions about the past.