Defiiniton and examples about primary sources of information.

1. What are they?

2. Primary sources
• An original object or document;
first-hand information.
• Material written or produced
in the time period that you may
be investigating.

3. • Diaries and journals
“Diary of Anne Frank”
∗ Autobiographies and
biographies

4. • Historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence
or the Constitution are primary documents. They were drafted
and signed.
Other Primary Sources would be
• Birth Certificates
• Government records
• Military records
• Art

5. • Sound Recordings and interviews
• Photographs and videos
• Letters

6. Printed Publications
Newspapers
Magazines
Books

7. Visual Materials
Sculpture
Paintings
Drawings

8. Visual Materials
Photographs
Maps
Films

9. Songs and Poems

10. Artifacts
Tools, ornaments, objects