WorksheetsPrimary/Secondary Sources
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
A firsthand account of an event that occurred. It can be in the forms of a photograph, diary, video recordings, documents, and speeches to name a few.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A source of information that is not a first-hand account. Examples are text books, magazine articles, encyclopedias, and biographies.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A biography of Theodore Roosevelt written in 2001
Primary
Secondary
Photographs of Civil War soldiers in their camp
Primary
Secondary
Letters written by Abraham Lincoln
Primary
Secondary
A documentary on PBS about WWII
Primary
Secondary
A newspaper article from 1912 about the sinking of the Titantic
Primary
Secondary
A speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Primary
Secondary
A magazine article about the War of 1812
Primary
Secondary
An interview you had with a Vietnam War Veteran
Primary
Secondary
Benjamins Franklin's autobiography
Primary
Secondary
The History Channel explaining what life was like for a slave
Primary
Secondary
The movie Titantic
Primary
Secondary
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Secondary
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Secondary
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Secondary
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Secondary
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Neil Armstrong giving an interview about being the first man to walk on the moon
Primary
Secondary
A classmate giving a report on Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius
Primary
Secondary
BC
Before Christ
Common Era
Anno Domini
Before the Common Era
CE
Before Christ
Anno Domini
Common Era
Before the Common Era
AD
Anno Domini - in the year of our Lord
Common Era
Before the Common Era
Before Christ
BCE
Before Christ
Common Era
Anno Domini
Before the Common Era
Century
1000 years
10 years
100 years
10,000 years
decade
100 years
1000 years
10 years
20 years
millennium
100 years
1000 years
10 years
1500 years
.c (circa)
never
always
approximately or about
sometimes
What kind of source is the best to use when doing historical research?
Primary
Secondary
If the person telling the information about history was present at the event, they are considered to be a....
primary source
secondary source
Which event happened first?
Hieroglyphics emerged
Thutmose II reigned
Middle Kingdom ended
Hatshepsut reigned
Which event happened most recently?
New Kingdom began
Hieroglyphics emerged
Thutmose II reigned
Hatshepsut reigned
How many years are between when hieroglyphics emerged and when the Middle Kingdom ended?
2000
1310
4690
300
What happened in the year 539 BC?
Cuneiform was invented
Fall of Babylon
City-states began
Hammurabi's rule
How many total years are represented on this timeline?
539
4500
5039
3961
In what year did Nebuchadnezar's rule begin?
539 BC
605 BC
1754 BC
4500 BC
