1. Introduction to Research (Part 2) Aim : How do we locate, access and record research sources? Write Now : What is the difference between a primary resource and a secondary resource?
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6. At least one step removed from the event. Sometimes they include primary resources and discuss or analyze them. Get as close as possible to the truth of what actually happened during a historical event or time period. Work that interprets or analyzes a historical event or phenomenon. Evidence left behind by participants or observers. Secondary Sources Primary Sources
7. Charts & maps that report events during that era. Government records created during that era. Textbooks, encyclopedias, trade books, published materials about that era Interview done during that time or of a person that lived in that time. Speech referring to that era. Speech made during that era. Published journal or magazine discussing life in that era. Diary, memoir, journal, autobiography from a person that lived then. Secondary Sources Primary Sources