Primary and Seconday Sources of Information

Primary sources of information allow the learner to access original and unedited information. A primary source requires the learner to interact with the source and extract information. Secondary sources are edited primary sources, second-hand versions. They represent someone else's thinking.

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    Graphic Organizers

    Primary Sources

  • Person
  • Interview
  • E-Mail contact
  • Event
  • Discussion
  • Debate
  • Community Meeting
  • Survey
  • Artifact
  • Observation of object (animate and inanimate)
    Secondary Sources
  • Reference Material
  • Book
  • CD Rom
  • Encyclopedia
  • Magazine
  • Newspaper
  • Video Tape
  • Audio Tape
  • TV
    Primary or Secondary
  • Internet Web Site
  • Graph, chart, diagram, table