The illustration shows entries in a diary. Two pages of a diary with handwritten entries.
Students who want a primary source for a research project could use a diary to provide

a first-hand account into a specific time period.
an evaluation of an original document from a time period.
an overview of a topic based on original and secondary sources.
a way to give historical perspective of a certain time period. v

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.

it provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.