Types of Sources
The most common type of sources.
What are written sources?
These are made by people who did not see or experience the event
What are secondary sources?
Something that can be proven through evidence
What is a fact?
These are created by people who saw or experienced something
What are primary sources?
These sources include: maps, photographs, paintings, and videos
What are visual sources?
These are interviews recorded on audio or video
What are oral histories?
Examples of secondary sources
What are: biographies, encyclopedias, textbooks, documentaries, magazine articles?
A statement that expresses someone's feelings or beliefs
What is an opinion?
Examples of primary sources (name 3)
What are: books, newspapers, articles, letters, diaries, photographs, maps, interviews?
Man-made objects that help us learn about the past
What are artifacts?
These are scientists who excavate and study items left behind.
Who are archaeologists?
If you write a story about your vacation, it is a primary source. If someone interviews you and writes about your vacation, their story is ________________.
What is, a secondary source?
Favoring one belief or opinion over others
Time period the people who created the sources lived in
What is during the events?