Primary Source Analyzer
Historians don’t just read sources — they question them. Choose the kind of source you’re studying and work through guided questions about who made it, when, why and what it reveals.
Primary source
Created at the time by someone who was there or involved. Examples: letters, diaries, photographs, speeches, official documents, newspaper reports from the time, artifacts.
Secondary source
Created later by someone who studied primary sources. Examples: textbooks, biographies, documentaries, encyclopedia articles, history books.
Practice: primary or secondary?