DCMS 25/26: Thinking Like Historians

Read the following statements. Which of the following best describes the paragraph in our South Carolina Journeys textbook about the Cherokee tribes and their hunting methods?

• It's a secondary source

• It is a primary source.

A model created by a classmate in your 6th-grade class of the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

• Primary

• Secondary

An article in Sports Illustrated magazine discusses the history of the sport of baseball.

• Secondary

• Primary

An old photograph of your great-grandparents’ wedding reception.

• Primary

• Secondary

A collection of diary entries from women who traveled along the Santa Fe Trail was printed together in a book in 2007.

• Primary

• Secondary

The copy of the U.S. Constitution in the back of our SC Journeys textbook.

• Secondary

• Primary

A newspaper article in The Rock Hill Herald from 1945 about the end of World War II.

• Primary

• Secondary

An article on Wikipedia about President Abraham Lincoln.

• Secondary

• Primary

A map created by Captain Meriwether Lewis on the journey of discovery from Missouri to Oregon.

• Primary

• Secondary

A video recording of the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. The video was uploaded to YouTube in 2011, and Mister Jay showed it to the class on 9/11 in 2025.

• Primary

• Secondary