What is a primary source? Primary sources are direct, first-hand accounts that describe a particular time period or event. Examples of primary sources include published materials (books, magazine and ...

Public relations campaigns help an organization gain public support. Sometimes the goal is highly specific. A business, for example, might use public relations campaigns to convince its local ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are good ways to have students learn about—and use—primary sources? Primary sources can be great tools to inspire students to engage with history. They can also ...

When you are researching your family history and discover differences in details, how do you decide which is right? The key is to be aware that there are two types of records — primary and secondary.

What counts as primary: These are firsthand accounts like diaries, letters, official records, and artifacts created during the period being studied. Where to find them: Libraries like the Library of ...

In this lesson, students learn about the Temperance Movement and New York in the 1890s by watching an excerpt from the Bootlegger’s Notebook, investigation and examining period images, including ...

Students will gain skills necessary for researching by locating credible and original sources, determining if the sources are primary or secondary, ascertaining the qualifications and reputation of ...