Primary and Secondary Sources

Mission Brief #2

🎯 Your mission

Be a history detective — read between the dates.

⚡ The twist

History is written by the winners — keep asking what's missing.

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Primary sources — letters, photographs, diaries, speeches — were created at the time of an event. They give firsthand evidence of what people experienced and thought.

Key facts

Remember these

1Cause and effect explain why things happen.
2Oral histories preserve community stories.
3Primary sources come from the time of the event.

Then & Now

The choices made back then are why the world looks like this now.

Question 1 of 2

What tool puts events in order?

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Question 2 of 2

Why do we study history?

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