REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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read about an event.
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made up an event from their imagination.
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was present at an event.
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heard about an event from a witness.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A primary source is a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic. They are the most direct evidence of a time or event because they were created by people or things that were there at the time or event. These sources have not been modified by interpretation and offer original thought or new information.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary sources are created as people experience everyday life. Primary sources are original, first-hand records about people, places, taonga and events.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary sources include birth certificates, photographs, diaries, letters, embroidered samplers, clothing, household implements, and newspapers. First person testimony-the account of a person who actually participated in an event.
Detailed explanation-4: -Second-hand accounts by people who did not experience event.