REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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a rap song about Harriet Tubman
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a photograph of Harriet Tubman
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an essay about Harriet Tubman
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a documentary film about Harriet Tubman
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: This photograph of Harriet Tubman was taken during her lifetime. This is a primary source.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary sources are materials from the time of the person or event being researched. Letters, diaries, artifacts, photographs, and other types of first-hand accounts and records are all primary sources.
Detailed explanation-3: -The photograph of Tubman, which is believed to have been taken in the late 1860s, was acquired by the museum two years ago, part of a leather-bound album owned by Emily Howland, a Quaker schoolteacher who worked in Arlington, Va. The album was originally compiled as a gift for Ms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Letters, diaries, minutes, photographs, artifacts, interviews, and sound or video recordings are examples of primary sources created as a time or event is occurring.