Primary and Secondary Sources
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Primary sources are materials created during or by participants in an event that provide first-hand accounts, such as diaries, letters, newspaper articles, photographs, and oral histories. Secondary sources are materials created after an event by someone not present, such as books, reference texts, documentaries, websites, and academic articles analyzing primary sources.
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Primary and Secondary Sources
- 1. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES Michigan History Day
- 2. A: Materials that were created at the time the event occurred OR by those who experienced the event. Q: What are primary sources?
- 6. Oral History Interviews Audio Recordings Films and Movies
- 7. Artifacts
- 8. •Letters •Diaries •Autobiographies •Interviews •Government and court records •Event programs and brochures •Film or TV news from time period •Newspaper articles •Magazine articles •Photographs •Clothing and other artifacts •Maps •Creative works such as music and literature from the time period •Family scrapbooks •Yearbooks Further Examples of Primary Sources:
- 9. A: Materials that were created after the event. They were created by someone not from this time period. Q: What are secondary sources?
- 12. Further Examples of Secondary Sources: •Books “on” the subject •Encyclopedias •Magazine articles •Biographies •History textbooks •Academic articles •Documentaries •Websites •Blogs •Interviews with experts