Studies Weekly Week 2

What is a Primary source?

• Something that is written or told by someone who was at the event

• something that was told to someone else

• a teacher

A secondary source is

• something is was written or told by someone at the event

• a report of an event in history by someone who was not at the event

• the Constitution

• a diary

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

• Anne Frank's Diary

• the Constitution

• a science textbook

• a home video

Which item would help you the most to do a report on your family history?

• encyclopedia

• family photo album

• today's newspaper

• a book about families

Because a quarter is made of metal, which statement is true?

• it breaks apart easily

• it will last a long time

• it will melt in the sun

• you can chop it in half

Which is NOT a good way to study people in a region?

• interview them and their neighbors

• watch what they do all day

• read their poems and legends

• guess what they like and don't like

Use the picture in Florida that William Bartram might have seen.

Why would a group of people choose to settle here?

• There is a good source of water for drinking and cooking

• There are probably many stores nearby

• There is no wildlife there to bother them

• There are probably no mosquitos here

How would you describe this Florida vegetation?

• dry, brown and desert like

• not many trees or flowers

• lots of plants and rich soil

• small shrubs and sandy soil

Which culture did William Bartram find in Florida?

• Apache

• Hopi

• Seminole

• Japanese

Which source would be the best to get information about a persons life?

• their personal journal

• a biography about them

• an encyclopedia article

• a textbook at school