Question

Reflect on what you've learned about primary and secondary sources. Then imagine you are creating a Personal Time Capsule of the person you are right now. Determine at least two primary and two secondary sources you could include in your Personal Time Capsule. Can you give me an example of a primary source and a secondary source please?

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Primary Sources are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it. Primary sources can include:

Texts of laws and other original documents.

Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did.

Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews - what the people involved said or wrote.

Original research.

Datasets, survey data, such as census or economic statistics.

Photographs, video, or audio that capture an event.Examples of a primary source are:

Original documents such as diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, records, eyewitness accounts, autobiographies.

Empirical scholarly works such as research articles, clinical reports, case studies, dissertations.

Creative works such as poetry, music, video, photography.