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Primary and Secondary Sources

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Diary kept by John Smith, a soldier in the Confederate Army, published in a collection of Alabama papers

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

2.

Photograph of Dr. George Washington Carver taken in 1898

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

3.

Biography of George Washington written by Michelle Michaels.

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

4.

"Diary of Anne Frank" written by Anne Frank

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

5.

Newspaper article about the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy written in 1994.

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

6.

Movie about Abraham Lincoln's life

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

7.

Scrapbook kept by Mrs. Mary Smith in 1883 with her own hand written of recipes and household hints

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

8.

Photograph album containing original pictures of classmates at Tuskegee Institute in 1923

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

9.

Letter written by Emily Smith to her friend Pamela Jones, May 3, 1826, describing her trip by wagon from North Carolina to Huntsville, Alabama and the log cabin her father was building for the family

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

10.

Article written about Martin Luther King, Jr. in People Magazine, 50 years after his death.

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

11.

Information about Creek Indians in World Book Encyclopedia

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

12.

Audio interview with Dr. James Lee describing his life as a doctor in Montgomery County during the 1920s.

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

13.

The Story of Alabama, a textbook by Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

14.

Map of Alabama drawn by John LaTourette, 1841

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

15.

Current UTRGV student, Mark Hammond’s research paper about the history of the Roman Empire, which ended 1,544 years ago

a)

Primary Resource

b)

Secondary Resource

16.
A timeline shows the order in which events have occurred.  This is called __________________ order.
a)
Anno Domini
b)
chronological
c)
title
d)
periods of time
17.

Chronology ...

a)

a skill I do not need to learn

b)

is a record of events that took place

c)

is a record of events that took place in correct date order

d)

has no place in history