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= = = = =**Primary/Secondary Sources**=
 * Primary sources are the evidence left behind by participants or observers.** Examples of primary sources include:


 * Diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, manuscripts and other papers in which individuals describe events in which they were participants or observers;
 * Memoirs and autobiographies;
 * Records of organizations and agencies of government;
 * Published materials written at the time of the event;
 * Photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures, video recordings documenting what happened;
 * Artifacts of all kinds


 * A secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or phenomenon.** It is generally one step removed from the event. Examples of secondary sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks, and books and articles that interpret or review research works.

Purpose of this Page - TREASURES
The eighth grade students of our school have been learning about Primary and Secondary Sources, but primarily Primary Sources. Each student "found" a treasure chest, either filled with historical evidence of a particular person, place or event in history prior to 1750, or they filled it themselvest with Primary Sources. Illustrations and links are included as they share the contents of their Treasure Chest.