2. DEFINITIONS Primary Source Connected to an event by time or participation. They include any historical evidence that comes to us directly from the time period or event we are studying. Secondary Source The writer is not an eyewitness to or a participant in the event. Usually published books or articles by authors who base their interpretation on primary sources.

3. EXAMPLES Primary Source Diaries Autobiographies Government records Photographs Interviews with participants Manuscript collections Newspapers from the era Letters Music of the time period Artifacts Secondary Source Biographies History textbooks Documentaries Interviews with scholars Books about the topic written by historians Articles about the topic Most web sites

4. SOURCES SUPER QUIZ!

5. FRESHMAN LEVEL Susan B. Anthony

6. 1 - FRESHMAN Letter from SBA encouraging support for woman’s suffrage, found in a book of Anthony’s letters

7. 2 - FRESHMAN The text of the 19 th Amendment, found on the national archives website

8. 3 - FRESHMAN Your United States History textbook

9. 4 - FRESHMAN A book you found in the library, written by a historian about the woman’s suffrage movement, published in 2006

10. 5 - FRESHMAN A photograph you found in the archives showing women protesting for the right to vote from the early 1900s

11. 6 - FRESHMAN A website describing the events of Susan B. Anthony’s Life, written by Scholastic Book Company

12. 7 - FRESHMAN Government documents you found in a library, which are from the time of the passage of the 19 th amendment

13. 8 - FRESHMAN A pamphlet you found on the Internet, which was published in the early 1900s warning people about the dangers of giving women the right to vote.

14. GRADUATE World War II

15. 1 - GRADUATE An interview you did with a historian about the role of the Nazi Party in World War II

16. 2 - GRADUATE An English translation of Mein Kampf, which you found online

17. 3 - GRADUATE A YouTube video of Hitler delivering a complete speech during World War II

18. 4 - GRADUATE A copy of the Lend-Lease Act, reprinted in your U.S. history textbook

19. 5 - GRADUATE A photograph of Adolf Hitler that you found in a book by a historian

20. 6 - GRADUATE The reminiscences of a World War II general, which you found on Google Books

21. 7 - GRADUATE An interview with the grandson of Harry Truman, talking about his grandfather’s decision to drop the bomb

22. 8 - GRADUATE Newspaper articles announcing the end of World War II, which you found in an online database

23. PHD The Great Depression

24. 1 - PHD A quote said by FDR in 1932, which you found at BrainyQuote.com: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."

25. 2 - PHD A newspaper article written in 1955 reflecting on what life was like in Minneapolis during the Great Depression

26. 3 - PHD A newspaper article written late October 1929 by a Minneapolis newspaper discussing what was happening on Wall Street, which would eventually be known as the Great Depression

27. 4 - PHD A guided tour of a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Minnesota

28. 5 - PHD A recording of a classical music piece by Mozart, which you used as background music in your documentary about the Great Depression

29. 6 - PHD Ken Burn’s “The Dust Bowl” documentary, which you rented from the library

30. 7 - PHD The fictional book, “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, published in 1939

31. 8 - PHD A historical journal article about farmers during the Great Depression, which appeared in a 1985 publication called the “America: History and Life”

32. ANNOTATIONS Describe how source was useful Clarify classification