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Lesson 307 of 500 · Extra Passages
⭐ 30 XPPrimary Sources Part 4
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Primary sources are original materials that provide direct evidence about a topic.
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Primary sources are original materials that provide direct evidence about a topic. They include things like letters, photographs, diaries, and official documents. For example, if you want to learn about how people lived during the Civil War, a soldier's diary would be a primary source. It gives you a first-hand account of their experiences. These sources help us understand history from the people who actually lived it, rather than just what someone else wrote about it. Using primary sources can make learning about the past more exciting and real!
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1 of 2What is a primary source?
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