Primary and Secondary sources of information
When we study events of the past, we can access a wide range of sources that provide us with information.
Primary sources are those which were produced at the time of the event.
Secondary sources are created after an event, but these may use primary sources as evidence.
Before you write up your presentation on your chosen navigator (Hartog, De Vlamingh, or Flinders), try to sort your sources into the following Venn diagram template. Discuss which sources are primary, and which are secondary. Think about some examples that might have features of both a primary and a secondary source of information.
(Source: Reynolds, Teaching History, Geography and SOSE in the Primary School, 2012, p.160)
Primary sources are those which were produced at the time of the event.
Secondary sources are created after an event, but these may use primary sources as evidence.
Before you write up your presentation on your chosen navigator (Hartog, De Vlamingh, or Flinders), try to sort your sources into the following Venn diagram template. Discuss which sources are primary, and which are secondary. Think about some examples that might have features of both a primary and a secondary source of information.
(Source: Reynolds, Teaching History, Geography and SOSE in the Primary School, 2012, p.160)