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Primary and Secondary Sources

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
2.
A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
3.
Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
4.
A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
5.
A text book describing the civil rights movement. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
6.
A news report about the opening of a power plant. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
7.
A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
8.
A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
9.
An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
10.
A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
11.
An autobiography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
12.
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
13.
A famous artist's painting of what cowboy life was probably like. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
14.
A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
15.
The United States Constitution
a)
Primary Source 
b)
Secondary Source