History Help

OK, so what is a primary source? It can be defined as anything created by someone involved in an event, about the event. For example, it could be a diary or a picture. Find two (2) primary sources (any type for which there is an analysis worksheet) on your chosen topic. Your course textbook can give you a good start, either with reproductions of such sources or reference information to help you locate a given source. There are also a number of Web sites such as those of the Library of Congress and the National Archives that contain digitized copies of primary sources that you may use. Please use copies of the primary source – not a transcription – you want to see it as it looked when created/used.