Unit 3 Primary and Secondary Source Examples

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting

Primary source

A diary written by a soldier in World War II

Primary source

A photograph of the United States leaving Vietnam

Primary source

The United States Constitution

Primary source

A driver's license

Primary source

Your grandmother's birth certificate

Primary source

A musical recording

Primary source

Your brother or sister telling you about their day at school

Primary source

A map of a colonial town

Primary source

Former president Ronald Reagan's autobiography

Primary source

An interview with your principal

Primary source

The deed to your parent's house

Primary source

An old coin

Primary source

Native American arrowheads

Primary source

Elvis Presley's suit

Primary source

A presidential campaign poster

Primary source

A Social Studies textbook describing the Civil War

Secondary source

A newspaper opinion piece on the Louvre Museum in France

Secondary source

A biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

Secondary source

A dictionary entry about the Vietnam War

Secondary source

A Wikipedia entry about the United States Constitution

Secondary source

An encyclopedia entry

Secondary source

A newly published book about the Revolutionary War

Secondary source

A Broadway musical of Hamilton

Secondary source

A Civil War reenactment

Secondary source

Your 48 year old teacher talking about the Civil War

Secondary source

A political commentary

Secondary source