Primary/Secondary, Timelines, Social Scientists

What is a primary source?

• A first-hand document or artifact from the time period being studied

• An article from a college professor

• A kindergartener

• The first telephone ever invented.

Which is a secondary source?

• A textbook

• A source created about a historical event by someone who did not witness the event.

• The original copy of the Constitution

• A prehistoric digging tool.

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

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

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

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history of the United States. When we use textbooks, what are we using?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

My mom has CDs of my grandparents telling stories about when they were kids. We love to listen to these at family gatherings. What are we listening to?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

When I am doing homework for U.S. Government and I read the commentaries by Supreme Court Justices on landmark cases, what am I reading?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

My friend Tim said I should read a book that he really liked. He told me about it—it sounds really good! When Tim talks about the book, what is he?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The order in which event occur is __________ ___________.

• intervals

• decade

• chronological order