Primary and Secondary Sources

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

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• Primary

• Secondary

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

• Secondary

A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A text book describing the civil rights movement.

• Primary

• Secondary

A news report about the opening of a power plant

• Primary

• Secondary

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

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

• Primary

• Secondary

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

• Primary

• Secondary

An autobiography about the 4Oth president, Ronald Reagan.

• Primary

• Secondary