REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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They are the same
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A Primary Source comes DIRECTLY from a person who experienced an event. A Secondary Source is information that DOES NOT COME DIRECTLY from a person who experienced that event.
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A Primary Source DOES NOT COME DIRECTLY from a person who experienced an event. A Secondary Source is information that comes DIRECTLY from a person who experienced that event.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of primary sources include diaries, personal journals, government records, court records, property records, newspaper articles, military reports, military rosters, and many other things. In contrast, a secondary source is the typical history book which may discuss a person, event or other historical topic.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary sources are works that analyze, assess or interpret a historical event, era or phenomenon. They may use primary sources to to write a review, critique or interpretation often well after the event. Tertiary Sources are those used to identify and locate primary and secondary sources.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Primary Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event. Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies. A Secondary Source gets its information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event.