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PRIMARY SOURCES

What is a Primary Source? 
Primary sources that are thoughtfully selected can help to bring history and cultures to life for students. Most basically, they are defined as the direct evidence of a time and place that you are studying – any material (documents, objects, etc.) that was produced by eyewitnesses to or participants in an event or historical moment under investigation. Secondary sources, in contrast, are interpretations – often generated by scholars – that are based upon the examination of multiple primary sources.  ("Primary Source." <i>What Is a Primary Source?</i> Web. 30 Mar. 2015. &lt;http://www.primarysource.org/what-is-a-primary-source&gt;.)


Check out some great primary sources:
  • SIRS Decades Database
  • Library of Congress: American Memory Collection
  • Library of Congress: American Memory Collection - Inventing Entertainment: Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings 
  • National Archives: Digital Vaults
  • National Archives: Our Documents
  • National Park Service: Virtual Museum Visits
  • Digital Public Library
  • World Digital Library
  • British Library Online Gallery
  • Life Magazine Photo Archive
  • Smithsonian Learning Lab






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