REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Is our WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOK a Primary or Secondary Source?
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Textbooks are secondary sources since they try to boil down evidence from primary documents from history and present them in a way for students to find major themes or lessons.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of secondary sources include: PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary articles are written by the researchers who conducted the experiment and describe exactly what they did. They are very narrow in focus and contain specialized language or jargon. Secondary sources are written about primary sources.
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