Primary and Secondary Sources - Contextual Studies

Research is when you find information or pictures based on your topic and use them to create your own ideas.
A source is where information or pictures originally came from, such as a website.
A primary source is information or pictures you have created yourself of have knowledge of yourself.

• Something you have written yourself.
• A photograph you have taken yourself.
• A video you have recorded yourself.
• A picture you have drawn yourself.
• A design you have created yourself.
• Your own diary.
• A voice recording that you recorded yourself.
• Information put into your own words.

A secondary source is information or pictures created or founded by somebody else.

• A magazine article.
• A book.
• A video recorded by somebody else.
• Somebody else's designs.
• Somebody else's drawing.
• A photo taken by somebody else.
• Information written by another person.
• An autobiography.
• Interveiws.
• Letters.

Primary sources are better when somebody wants to change something to make their own creation whereas secondary sources are better when somebody finds it difficult to make things their own.