Primary Source Set: The Constitution This Primary Source Set includes images, documents, maps, sound files and analysis tools to help teach about the United States Constitution. September 17, 1787 Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution on September 17, 1787.
Misty Osgood. A newspaper is a primary historical source that can provide varying viewpoints. A text book is a secondary historical source that provides varying viewpoints about a given topic.
1. viewpoint-a mental position from which things are viewed; we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians; teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events. point of view, standpoint, stand.