Primary and Secondary Sources

A photo of a crime scene

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A 2015 Broadway musical depicting the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The Diary of Anne Frank

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Artifacts

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Identify the source type:

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the source type:

A textbook describing the civil rights movement.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the source type:

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

Identify the source type:

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

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Identify the source type:

The United States Constitution

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A primary source is ALWAYS more reliable than a secondary source.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9