Grade 3 SS Weekly Week 2: Sources

What do historians do to understand the past?

• They guess what happened.

• They ignore old documents.

• They identify, select, analyze, and evaluate sources.

• They only use modern technology.

Which of the following is a question historians might ask?

• What is my favorite color?

• What happened in the past?

• How do I cook pasta?

• Where is my phone?

Why do historians use different forms of evidence?

• To make their work harder

• To find answers to their questions

• To confuse people

• To avoid reading

What is the main goal of a historian when studying the past?

• To create new stories

• To understand the past

• To ignore old events

• To change history

Primary sources are created by people who saw or experienced something themselves.

• True

• False

What question might historians ask about the author of a source?

• What is their favorite color?

• What was their role in the event?

• What is their favorite food?

• What is their age?

What is one difference between children's lives in the 1920s and today?

• Children today do not go to school.

• Children in the 1920s had smartphones.

• Children today have more laws protecting their education.

• Children in the 1920s traveled by airplane.

Select all the examples of primary sources.

• Photographs

• Magazines

• Letters

• Drawings

Secondary sources are _________.

• made by animals

• made by people who saw or experienced something themselves

• made by people who did not see or experience events themselves

Everyone is different and has a unique _______, or way of seeing things.

• character

• perspective

• hobby