Question

Julie needs to use a primary source for her report on space. Which of the following sources would be the BEST example of a primary source?
A. diary entries by Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon


B. a biography of Galileo, the astronomer who discovered Jupiter's moon


C. a magazine article about our solar system's planets and their moons


D. a 1999 newspaper article looking back at the 1969 moon landing

Answer 1

A - Diary entries by Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.

A primary source is a source of information created at the time period being studied - so Neil Armstrong's diary is the closest thing to being written at that time.