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Primary Sources Secondary Sources What are they? How are they different? Why are they important in research?
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What is a Primary Source? A primary source is an original document or object that was created at the time under study.
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Primary Source Document
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Primary Source Document Photograph
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Primary Source Document Photograph Music
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Primary Source Document Photograph Music Art
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Primary Sources Documents Photographs Art Music Poetry
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Primary Sources Documents Photographs Art Music Poetry Diary
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Primary Sources Documents Photographs Art Music Poetry Diary Interviews
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Primary Sources Documents Photographs Art Music Poetry Diary Interviews email
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Primary Sources Documents Photographs Art Music Poetry Diary Interviews email Artifacts
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Primary Sources Art Music Artifacts Photographs Diaries Postcards Documents Poetry Emails Raw statistics Interviews Stories Letters Videos
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What is a Secondary Source? A secondary source is an account or interpretation of events created by someone without firsthand experience.
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What is a Secondary Source?
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Documentary
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What is a Secondary Source? Documentary
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What is a Secondary Source? Documentary
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Examples of Secondary Sources Encyclopedias Newspapers Books Magazines Documentaries Websites
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What have I learned? What are is a primary source? What is a secondary source? How are they different? Can you give an example of each? Why are primary and secondary sources important in research?
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What?? Sometimes information can be both primary sources and secondary sources. ***Challenge*** Can you think of an example?
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