HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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a letter from a soldier to his family about a battle
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artwork
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a book written about Leonardo da Vinci
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a government document, such as a treaty
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oral histories, newspaper or journal articles, and memoirs or autobiographies are examples of primary sources created after the event or time in question but offering first-hand accounts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of primary sources include diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, photographs, videos, public opinion polls, and government records, among many other things.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of primary sources: Theses, dissertations, scholarly journal articles (research based), some government reports, symposia and conference proceedings, original artwork, poems, photographs, speeches, letters, memos, personal narratives, diaries, interviews, autobiographies, and correspondence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary sources convey first-hand experience of the event or time period you’re studying. Secondary sources convey the experiences of others, or “second-hand” information; they often synthesize a collection of primary sources.
Detailed explanation-5: -What are primary sources? Primary sources are the raw materials of history-original documents and objects that were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts that retell, analyze, or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place.