Primary and Secondary Sources

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A text book describing the civil rights movement. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

A news report about the opening of a power plant. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.4

A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7