Primary and secondary sources help teach us about the past and understand how things came to be as they are today.
 

What you'll do:

In this lesson, you will learn about primary and secondary sources by:

• Describing why an artifact – things that people have created or written – is a primary or secondary source
• Determining what an artifact might help you learn
• Watching a video and identifying the primary and secondary sources
• Explaining where you can gather primary and secondary sources
   

At the end of this lesson:

You will create an outline for a presentation you will give about an event. Your presentation must include at least three primary or secondary sources.