1. Primary vs Secondary Sources

2. What is a primary source?
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event.

3. Some types of primary sources include:ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records 
CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art 
RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

4. Examples of primary sources include:
Columbus’s Diary Entries
The Declaration of Independence/Bill of Rights - Canadian History 
Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ Pamphlet
Weavings, pottery, and Oral Stories - Native American history  
Franklins Engraving on the Boston Massacre- Women in Ancient Greece

5. What is a secondary source?
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them

6. Some types of secondary sources include
PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias

7. Examples of secondary sources include:
A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings 
A history/school textbook 
A non-fiction book about the effects of WWI
The ideas or interpretations of a lecturer, professor, or the like 

8. What is a ‘Secondary Citation’
This is when a writer quotes the work or ideas of another writer or figure within the text of his or her own work.
It is important to consider that secondary citations can encapsulate a primary OR a secondary source.

9. Example of secondary citations
“According to…”
“…once said”
This is in agreement with the arguments of… who stated…”