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Is it this a Primary or Secondary Source?

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Andrew's grandfather showed her photographs from his childhood up on a farm. He told her stories about his farm chores.


What kind of sources are PHOTOGRAPHS and STORIES?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

2.

John's father took him to the library to find books about the first Thanksgiving. John will use these books to write a report.


What kind of sources are BOOKS?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

3.

Janet and Ashley found an encyclopedia article online about Alexander Hamilton that they can use for their presentation.


What kind of sources are Encyclopedia Articles?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

4.

Joey loves learning about old technology. He spent the afternoon at advertisements for computers from the 1970's


What kind of sources are ADVERTISEMENTS?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

5.

Rosie's class learned about the presidents. They watched a video of Barack Obama's inauguration.


What kind of resources is the video of President Obama's inauguration?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

6.

Kim loves baking with his mom. They like to use recipe cards written by Kim's great grandmother.


What kind of sources are these Recipe Cards written by his grandmother?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

7.

Jack and Jill are partners for a class project about France. They borrowed a book about France from school library.


What kind of sources is the Book about France?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

8.

Prince loves Hip Hop music. He loves to know about the life of his favorite artist, Drake. He found an autobiography written by Drake and read it.


What kind or source is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

9.

Jane's class was learning about Abraham Lincoln. Her teacher played a recording of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech.


What kind of sources is Lincoln's Speech Recording?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

10.

James has to write an essay about the 13 colonies. He found a website with a lot of great information to use in his essay.


What kind of sources are Websites?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

11.

Shen is going to dress up as Amelia Earheart for Living Museum project. She found a biography about the aviator with a lot of useful information.


What kind of source is Amelia Earheart's Biography?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

12.

Brian loves learning everything about snakes. He found a chapter in his science textbook about snakes and found out a bunch of new information.


What kind of source is a Textbook?

a)

PRIMARY Sources

b)

SECONDARY Sources

13.

You have to do a report on Benjamin Franklin. Your teacher asked you to use TWO PRIMARY SOURCES. Which of these sources can be your 2 primary sources?

a)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin

b)

A movie about Benjamin franklin

c)

a copy of the speech written by Benjamin Franklin

d)

The Biography of Benjamin Franklin by Wikipedia

e)

An essay about the works of Benjamin Franklin