Determine whether each type of source is a primary or secondary source. 1. An encyclopedia entry about urbanization:
2. A letter from a young immigrant to her parents back home:
3. A diary by an Italian immigrant living in the United States:
4. A documentary film about Ellis Island:
5. A report from a government agency relating the outbreak of disease in a tenement:

1 is a secondary source

2 is a primary source

3 is a primary source

4 is a secondary source

5 is a secondary source

Explanation:

Primary sources are personal and or experiential accounts of an event or a topic, while secondary sources are simply other records other than a primary source.

Other examples of secondary sources are Published research, newspaper articles, magazines, blogs etc. Secondary sources may contain both primary and secondary sources.

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