E31: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | Reading | Evaluating Different Formats of Content: Primary and Secondary Sources In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about the FTCE General Knowledge Reading Subtest. This is part 10 of a multi-series review of what YOU need to know to pass the Reading section of the GK. Today we are going to talk about evaluating content presented in different formats. What? When you say content do you mean information and when you say different formats are you talking about pictures, graphs, websites, stuff like that? Well yes and no, yes because pictures, graphs, and websites are sources of information and what we will be learning today is the difference between primary and secondary sources of information.  So let’s get started! Concept #1 Primary and secondary sources Let’s take a look at some definitions and examples here.  Primary source. Definition: Original content or first hand account that provides evidence during the time the source represents. Things like original documents, creative works, artifacts or relics are primary sources. A few specific examples include: A scientific research article, data, an autobiography, historical documents, a diary ooooh, letters, poetry, paintings, interviews of a source, and speeches.  Hmmm…Now, secondary sources are a bit different. Let’s define those. Secondary source. Definition:  An interpretation of a primary source which is one or two steps away from the original source itself. This interpretation could be an analysis, a summary, a critique, or an editorial. The idea here is that the secondary source is about one or more primary sources. Specific Examples of secondary sources include: Biographies, Editorials, Commentaries, Reviews, and articles referencing someone else's research. The common ground here is that a biography is about someone else’s life, an editorial or commentary may be about someone’s else work or a historical event. A review or article could be written about someone’s poetry. Regardless of what type of secondary source is being used, secondary sources are not original documents, creative works, or artifacts. Check out this ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠free resource⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for an English Language Skills study guide or visit the FTCE Seminar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information and resources. Support FTCE Seminar! Contributions are appreciated and help support the maintenance of this resource. Donations can be made with the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listener Supporter Link ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Spotify. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ftceseminar/support