2nd Period Primary and Secondary

I found a letter to one of my friends in the locker room after school the other day. I know it’s private, but I want to read it! What is the letter?

• A secondary source, duh.
• Primary.   SOOOOO primary.

I was watching TV and one of the reporters said he had heard good reviews about a new movie. When he talks about the movie, what is he?

• Uhhh ... he didn't watch the movie.  So he is a SECONDARY source.
• The movie is in theaters now.  It is PRIMARY.

My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our attic. My father said it belonged to my grandmother. What is the dress?

• My FRIEND found it and my DAD told me about it.  Secondary.
• It is primary because it was the dress grams wore.

I am writing an essay on George Washington for my U.S. History class. I used articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia. What am I using?

• secondary
• primary

Primary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT -- 

• First hand accounts of someone's experience
• Analysis of events
• An original document that does not analyze other documents
• Original research

Secondary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT:

• An analysis of primary sources or events
• Interpretations of original documents
• Sources created later by someone who did not participate in the event
• Original materials

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

• Original uniforms worn at a time in history
• Diaries written at the time of an event
• Film footage of a historical event
• A poem about World War II from your classmate

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

• Newspaper articles
• Diary entry
• Encyclopedia
• Textbook

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What  type of source is this? A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived in Idaho in the 1870’s.

• Primary
• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of source is this? A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s-1890’s” 

• Primary
• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9