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. <http://www.primarysource.org/what-is-a-primary-source>.)
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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. <http://www.primarysource.org/what-is-a-primary-source>.)
Check out some great primary sources:
