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- Primary and secondary clays
- In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3
- The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide
- Elementary lesson plans Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals,...
- Format: lesson plan
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two
- In this lesson, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Great Depression about the effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act on North Carolina's tobacco bag stringers.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Secondary and Primary Piedmont Clays
- Format: image/photograph
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity six
- In this activity for grades 7–12, students will read and evaluate primary source stories from the Federal Writer’s Project.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
A work that interprets or analyzes an event or topic using primary and other secondary sources.
See also primary source.
Additional information
Secondary sources are at least one step removed from original events or topics. Examples include textbooks, encyclopedias, reviews of research, book reviews, critiques of art, and biographies.
