To get a better idea of the difference between primary and secondary sources, look at examples of each for the same topic.
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Topic
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Primary Sources
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Secondary Sources
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the "unsinkable" Molly Brown- survivor of the Titanic sinking
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a newspaper article
New York Times from April 16, 1912
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Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth
by Kristen Iverson
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different strategies women used to get the
vote in the United States
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a photograph
"Picketing in all sorts of weather"
January 26, 1917
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a journal article
"Out of the Parlors and into the Streets: The Changing Tactical Repertoire of the US Women's Suffrage Movement" in the journal, Social Forces
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the contribution of
African American
soldiers in
the US military
during World War II
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an interview*
Studs Terkel interviews Joseph Small, an African American US Navy Seaman during World War II
( * requires Windows Media Player)
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The Tuskegee Airmen
by Charles E. Francis
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