Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Front

Identify the source type: A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

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SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle.

Back

SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

Back

PRIMARY

Front

Identify the source type: A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith

Back

SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: A textbook describing the civil rights movement.

Back

SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: A news report about the opening of a power plant.

Back

PRIMARY

Front

Identify the source type: A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.

Back

SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

Back

SECONDARY

Front

Identify the source type: An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.

Back

PRIMARY

Front

Identify the source type: A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

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PRIMARY