Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Identify the source type:

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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A textbook describing the civil rights movement.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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A news report about the opening of a power plant.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Identify the source type:

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Identify the source type:

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY