Primary and Secondary Sources Evaluating Non-fiction text

Brainstorm What is a non-fiction text? Textbooks Newspapers Magazine articles Based on fact

Writers of non-fiction text should use primary and secondary sources

What are primary sources? firsthand accounts and graphics of event Diaries Newspapers (could be secondary) Photographs Autobiography Film footage Letters Objects from the time Speeches Documents Quote from a witness

Primary Source The U.S. constitution (document)

Primary Source Diary of Anne Frank

Primary Source Photo of September 11 attacks

Primary Source Newspaper Quote from person who participated

Why is it important for authors of non-fiction to include primary sources? Makes story more reliable Accurate or correct Factual Less bias

What are secondary sources? An account of a story based on the writings or evidence of people other than the author. Accounts are written by people that have not observed the event. Biographies Textbooks Encyclopedias Drawing (not at time of event) Quote from an expert (not a witness) website

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Primary or Secondary Source? photograph of Titanic

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Primary or Secondary Source? Martin Luther King Jr. Speech

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Primary or Secondary Source? website www.titanic-facts.com

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