Primary sources come from people who actually experienced the event in question. they would have pronouns like I me, mine, first person pronouns. Primary sources usually come from personal journals, diaries, and interviews. They could also be information. like a census. if you are writing a paper about the change in the price of gas, you could use a reciept from the 1980s

Secoundary sources are sources compiled after the fact. they would include papers writen by modern historians about past events.

The exception would be if you were writing a paper about, say, middle age historians views on greek civil wars. in that case the middle age historians’ papers would be the primary source

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Primary sources are like firsthand accounts, while secondary sources are, well, secondary. An example of a primary source would be a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article written about a particular research question by the actual researchers. A secondary source might be a teacher who read the article and is using some of the information in a lecture. In less school type terms, a primary source would be an eyewitness to a crime while the secondary source would be a friend that heard it from a friend. It’s getting late and I’m not really making myself clear, but I hope you get my drift. You could tell the difference based on the author or by citations or by the type of book/magazine you found the passage in.

Think of evidence in a court of law — the difference between eyewitness testimony and hearsay. Hearsay is not admissible because you only have the person’s word for it. Eyewitness testimony is more reliable, although it can be biased (colored) by a number of factors.

Similarly, a primary source is one immediately close to the historical event. The source may have an agenda (bias) but at least the person was there at the time or on the scene.

A secondary source may have access to primary sources, but was not present personally at the event or during the period discussed or reported on. The secondary source may also have a bias.

All sources of historical information must be weighed and viewed critically. But, all things being equal, a primary source is preferable.

I would love to answer your question but I need more to work with. What subject it is referring to and what is it talking about. Usually you can tell the primary source because they focus on it more and may talk about it more in detail. I hope that helps you.

primary is talking to an actual person who experianced this enrnt and secondery is reading (a quote) or waching a person who experianced it in tv or on a moive. thirdly is from hearing the info from a person who knows about the subject.(second and third someetimes combined) E-mail if this helps ([email protected] (to Daniel)

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comes from a person who head about it from some one

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John saw max seal the moeny

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