2. • Primary sources provide first-hand
testimony or direct evidence
concerning a topic under
investigation. They are created by
witnesses or recorders who
experienced the events or conditions
being documented (Yale.edu)
3. Examples
• Photographs
• Diaries of people who experienced the event/time
period
• Paintings
• Video footage
• Newspaper articles
• Magazine articles
• Music
• Sound recordings
• Documents
• Anything that is 1st hand accounts
4. Remember:
-Primary Sources must be 1st hand accounts!
-It can not be the account of someone who
knew someone who knew someone.
-It must be a taken from the time period of the
occurrence.
