Primary and Secondary Sources
By Adam and Ryan
What Is A Primary Source?
What Is A Secondary Source?
Main Difference
Kansas Nebraska Act
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=28&page=transcript
This would be a primary source because this was the actual document signed in the Nebraska Act ( that is the most important part has to happen in that time period or written by someone who was there). It was not changed it was typed to see the words, because in the original document the words were hard to read.
Secondary Source:
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
This would be a secondary source because this was written to explain what happened in the Nebraska Act. It says on the site that it was written in 1996 making it not a primary source because that is far from the original time period making it invalid as a primary source but a valuable and understandable secondary source.
Thee picture below is a snippet from the primary source website and is the beginning of the original Kansas Nebraska Act.
This picture below is a snippet from the secondary source website. It is a secondary source because it was written in 1996, far from the original date and it was written as a conclusion of what happened.
Non example of Primary ans Secondary Sources.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-10/four-reasons-why-coca-cola-will-stick-to-sweet-sodas
This is not a primary source because it was written by someone who is not part of the coca cola advertisement company. They are giving there opinion on coca cola advertisement.
Non-Secondary Source
google.com/search
This is not a secondary source for it is a actual coca cola advertisement picture.