Primary Sources

How can you find out about something from the past?

• Use a time machine to go back to the past.
• Find primary sources.
• Ask my mom.
• Read books.

Which item is considered a primary source?

• interview a person who experienced the event
• paintings
• photographs
• writings artifacts
• All of the above.

Which item doesn't belong in this group?

• paintings
• photographs
• artifacts
• Ms. Shimizu's opinion
• diary

If you want to know about your family's history, what ways can you research? Choose all that apply.

• ask my parents
• look at the old family pictures
• play video games
• Ask Ms. Shimizu
• Read the letters that Grandma had kept.

Where can you find interviews about something you are interested?

• all of the above
• on TV
• on radio
• on the internet
• newspapers

Photography did not exist until the 1800s. How did people record the events?

• Wrote a diary
• Write a journal
• Paintings or drawings
• They just told the story.

What are these items example of? letters e-mails diaries newspapers documents

• paintings
• photography
• written words
• interview

The Declaration of Independence is an example of?

• Paintings
• Diary
• Photography
• Written document
• newspaper

Twenty years from now, you want to research about your 2nd grade class. Which ARTIFACT can tell you about what we did in our class?

Which items are the examples of an ARTIFACT?

• Toys
• arrowhead
• dream catcher
• your artwork
• all of the above