Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz

What is a primary source?

• A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

• A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.

What is a secondary source?

• A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

• A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.

Live stream on Facebook of a birthday party

• primary

• secondary

A Time Magazine article from 1980 titled "Mining in the West during 1860".

Is the article a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

I was playing with my friends and found an old wedding dress in the attic. My father said it was his mother’s. What is the dress?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11

• Primary

• Secondary

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history. Is a textbook a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

a letter from a soldier to his family written during the Civil War

• primary source

• secondary source

Is a work of art a primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

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

• Original uniforms worn by soldiers

• Diaries written at the time of an event

• video of a historical event

• A poem about a famous person from your classmate