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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

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Social Studies

5th Grade

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the source type:

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the source type:

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is a primary source?

A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.

A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Secondary source documents include all of the following EXCEPT:

A biography

An analysis of original documents

Sources created by someone who wasn't involved in the event and at a later time in history

Original materials

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the source type:

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the source type:

A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Identify the source type:

A textbook describing the civil rights movement.

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

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