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Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

a diary entry written during the time period that is being studied

a letter written during the time period that is being studied

a newspaper article published thirty years after the event that is being studied

a book about an event that is written by a historian

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trombonegoddess16

A diary entry and a letter written during the time period that is being studied both would be considered a primary source.

MrDonovan

The correct answers are

1)  A diary entry written during the time period that is being studied.

2) A letter written during the time period that is being studied.

A primary source is one in which an individual writes about an event that they were a part of our witnessed. In the aforementioned answer choices, this is the case as the person is writing during the time period in which the event actually happened.

The other two choices represent secondary sources. Secondary sources are written after the event takes place and often depend on primary sources in order to understand historical patterns.

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