CONTENT STATEMENT
- Primary and secondary sources can be used to create historical narratives.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Historical narratives recount human events. Students analyze sources related to historical events. Primary sources are records of events as they are first described by people who witnessed the events. Primary sources include:
- photos;
- official documents;
- autobiography/memoir;
- interviews of a participant in an event; and
- journals/diaries.
Secondary sources offer an analysis or a restatement of primary sources. They are written after the events have taken place by people who did not witness the events. Secondary sources may include:
- newspaper articles;
- textbooks;
- biographies;
- online encyclopedias; and
- reviews of research.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Identify and analyze primary and secondary sources to distinguish between perspectives of a historical event.