What was life like for people in the past? One way to learn more is to look at primary sources. A primary source is a form of information about the past from a person who was there. It can be a photograph, a letter, or a speech. Other things can be primary sources too. Click on a primary source below.
- The Quilting Party—Art
- Eleanor Roosevelt Talks About Peace—Speech
- The Star-Spangled Banner, 1813—Artifact
- Ellen Ochoa on School—Quotation
- Grocery Ad, 1858—Historic Newspaper
- Apache Leader Geronimo Talks About His Childhood—Quotation
- Sod Schoolhouse, 1907—Photograph
- Words from a Famous Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.—Speech
- Cherokee Alphabet—Historical Document