Primary-Secondary+Sources

__PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES __ All sources, including those on the Internet, can be divided into two main categories: primary and secondary sources PRIMARY SOURCES: Primary sources are accounts of an event by someone who was present at the event. They include eye witness reports, official records from the time of the event, letters sent by people involved in the event, diaries, photographs, oral histories and surviving artifacts (objects). Even a work of contemporary fiction, such as a story or a poem, may be a primary source if it reveals how people felt about things at the time it was written. All historical knowledge about the past can be tracked back to primary sources.

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SECONDARY SOURCES: Secondary sources are the writings and interpretations of people who were not present at the time of the event. Secondary sources such as textbooks, trade books, and encyclopedia articles often contain convenient summaries of information found in primary sources. These summaries also reveal the writer’s interpretation of point of view.

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