primary:
A primary source is something original from that time period. It can include:
Newspaper article (if the reporter was there - an example, reporting from New Orleans about Hurricane Katrina - obituaries, birth and death notices)
Newspaper article (if the reporter was there - an example, reporting from New Orleans about Hurricane Katrina - obituaries, birth and death notices)
Reports
Autobiographies
First-Person Accounts
Speeches
secondary
Secondary sources are things where people USE the primary sources in their work. For example, a modern author writing a book about the War of 1812 might use the Star Spangled Banner in his book
Reviews
Criticism
Articles
Commentary
Encyclopaedia entries
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