Unit 3 Activity 3.5 Sources

Learning Targets

Read and respond to the following quotes by Bernard M. Baruch, American financial expert and presidential advisor (1870–1965)

Use the graphic organizer to review the research process and decide how comfortable you are with each step.

4. Sources

A source is any place you get valid information for your research. A source can be a document, a person, a film, a historical text, and so on. Sources are generally classified as primary or secondary.

Primary Source: An account or document created by someone with firsthand knowledge or experience of an event. Letters, journal entries, blogs, eyewitness accounts, speeches, and interviews are all primary sources.

Secondary Source: Documents supplied and compiled by people who do not have firsthand knowledge of an event. History textbooks, book reviews, documentary films, websites, and most magazine and newspaper articles are secondary sources.

Primary Source: An account or document created by someone with firsthand knowledge or experience of an event. Letters, journal entries, blogs, eyewitness accounts, speeches, and interviews are all primary sources.