Primary and Secondary Sources

A source that was created by someone who learned about an event and was made long after the even occurred.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The quote, "The time is always right to do what is right," by Martin Luther King Jr. is a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An Autobiography is a book that

• Someone wrote about their own life

• Someone wrote about another persons life

• A science journal

• A movie

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A history textbook is a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.3

A source that was made by someone who experienced an event.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

An audio recording of an interview with the famous scientist Marie Curie would be a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A letter written by George Washington that is in a museum is a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

The movie based on true events about Bethany Hamilton is a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.6

Photographs are always primary sources

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.7

A journal of science notes written by Charles Darwin is a:

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source