2. What are the similarities between these two sources? Historians use two types of resources to write about the past: Primary Source Secondary Source vs. Example: The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary written Example: An essay written in 2016 about the by a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis Neolithic Revolution that occurred in 10,000 B.C.E. during the Holocaust. Directions: Based on the definitions above, identify each of the documents below as either “primary” or “secondary” and explain why you identified it as that type of source. 1. A journal entry written by 2. A biography of Napoleon 3. A textbook chapter about 4. A photograph of your Christopher Columbus Bonaparte (died in 1821) World War I (1914-1919), grandfather on his first day of describing his voyage across written by a historian in 2013. written in 1996. school. the Atlantic Ocean. Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Why? Why? Why? Why? 5. Winston Churchill’s 6. A newspaper article about 7. A letter from George 8. A sword that was made in autobiography about the first the start of World War II, Washington to Thomas 1317. thirty years of his life which he written the day after it started. Jefferson. wrote later in his life. Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source
2. What are the similarities between these two sources? Historians use two types of resources to write about the past: Primary Source vs. Secondary Source Example: The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary written by a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis during the Holocaust. Example: An essay written in 2016 about the Neolithic Revolution that occurred in 10,000 B.C.E. Directions: Based on the definitions above, identify each of the documents below as either “primary” or “secondary” and explain why you identified it as that type of source. 1. A journal entry written by Christopher Columbus describing his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. 2. A biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (died in 1821) written by a historian in 2013. 3. A textbook chapter about World War I (1914-1919), written in 1996. 4. A photograph of your grandfather on his first day of school. Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source Why? Why? Why? Why? 5. Winston Churchill’s autobiography about the first thirty years of his life which he wrote later in his life. 6. A newspaper article about the start of World War II, written the day after it started. 7. A letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson. 8. A sword that was made in 1317. Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Circle one: Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source Primary Source Secondary Source