This document provides information about primary and secondary sources for a history class project. It defines primary sources as original documents and eyewitness accounts created at the time of an event, while secondary sources are analyses or summaries created afterwards. The document emphasizes that primary sources are important for analyzing evidence, drawing conclusions, and supporting a thesis statement, which is the main point or belief declared in only 1-2 sentences that a student is trying to prove in their project.

2. NATIONAL HISTORY DAY EXHIBITS
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3. IDENTIFY THE PRIMARY SOURCES (PRE-TEST)
April 1917 News Article Wikipedia Article
1823 Diary entry
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4. CLASS NOTES:
PRIMARY SOURCES VS SECONDARY SOURCES
Primary Sources
• Original documents or
Photographs
• First-Hand Testimony.
• Written or Photographed when
the event happened.
• Eye-witnessed accounts.
Secondary Sources
• Not original.
• The author did not witness the
event.
• Written after researching other
secondary sources.
• Explains or summarize a primary
source.

5. CLASS NOTES:
WHY ARE PRIMARY SOURCES IMPORTANT?
PRIMARY SOURCES HELP YOU:
•ANALYZE EVIDENCE,
•DRAW CONCLUSIONS, AND
•PRESENT INFORMATION
TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.

6. CLASS NOTES:
WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?
•A THESIS STATEMENT :
•IT IS THE POINT YOU ARE TRYING
TO PROVE,
•IT DECLARES WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
AND
•IT HAS ONLY 1-2 SENTENCES.

7. HOW TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT (VIDEO)
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