Primary source of information

What are they?What are they?

• An original object or document; first-hand information.

• Material written or produced in the time period that you may be investigating.

Primary sources

• Diaries and journals“Diary of Anne Frank”

Autobiographies and biographies

• Historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution are primary documents.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

• Sound Recordings and interviews

• Photographs and videos

• Letters

Books

Printed Publications

Magazines

Newspapers

Visual Materials

Sculpture

Paintings Drawings

Visual Materials

Photographs

Maps Films

Songs and Poems

Artifacts

Tools, ornaments, objects