Primary+&+Secondary+Resources

These are original, first-hand accounts. They are the first evidence of something happening or being thought or said. Primary sources are created at the time of an event, or very soon after something has happened. All of the following can be primary sources: Second-hand, published accounts are called secondary sources they are created after primary sources and they often use or talk about primary sources. Secondary sources can give additional opinions (sometimes called bias) on a past event or on a primary source. Secondary sources often have many copies, found in libraries, schools or homes. All of the following can be secondary sources, if they tell of an event that happened a while ago: [|Paperspast]  [|Matapihi]  || **Examples ** [|Encyclopedia Britannica]  [|Te ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand] || Information from []  27/10/2009 3.00pm
 * Primary Sources **
 * Diaries
 * Letters
 * Photographs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Art
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Maps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Video and film
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Sound recordings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Interviews
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Newspapers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Magazines
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Published first-hand accounts, or stories
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Secondary Sources **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"> Reference books, History textbooks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Biographies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Published stories
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Movies of historical events
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Music recordings
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Primary ** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">**Secondary** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Created at the time of an event, or very soon after. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Created after event, sometimes a long time after something happened. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Created by someone who saw or heard an event themselves. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Often uses primary sources as examples. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Often one-of-a–kind. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Expresses an opinion or an argument. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Letters, diaries, photos and newspapers (can all be primary sources) || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">History text books, historical movies and biographies (can all be secondary resources) ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">**Examples**