Primary and Secondary Sources

Front

Classify the play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a storm: Primary, Secondary

Back

Secondary

Front

A short story describing Edison and Tesla's battle over electricity

Back

Secondary

Front

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2: Primary or Secondary?

Back

Primary

Front

A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith

Back

Secondary

Front

A text book describing the Civil Rights Movement

Back

Secondary

Front

A news report about the opening of a power plant

Back

Primary

Front

Classify the type of source: A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk the moon. Options: Primary, Secondary

Back

Secondary

Front

A biography about Franklin Roosevelt

Back

Secondary

Front

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

Back

Primary

Front

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched the satellite, Sputnik

Back

Primary