Historical Sources Core Concepts 9.2 Pages 120-121
Primary and Secondary Sources Primary Source-information directly from a person who experienced an event Person writes, says or creates an event Examples: letters, diaries, articles, posters, speeches, photographs (artifacts-object made by a human being) Secondary Source-information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event. Example: If I tell you about John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Evaluating Historical Sources Historical sources are not always accurate Which do you think could be least accurate? Primary or Secondary source? Why? When evaluating sources, ASK! Who created the source? Are they reliable? Is the information fact or opinion? Is the material bias-unfairly preference(liking) for or dislike of something Complete Workbook page 52