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WorksheetsPrimary of Secondary Source Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The paragraph in your California History textbook about the Plains Indians and their hunting methods.
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A model created by a student in your class of the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
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An article in Sports Illustrated Magazine talking about the history of the sport of baseball.
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An old photograph of your great-grandparent’s wedding reception.
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A collection of diary entries from women who traveled along the Santa Fe Trail printed together in a book in 2007.
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The copy of the U.S. Constitution in the back of your U.S. History textbook.
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A newspaper article from 1945 about the end of World War Two.
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An article on Wikipedia about President Abraham Lincoln
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A map created by Captain Meriwether Lewis on the journey of discovery from Missouri to Oregon.
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Video recording of the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. The video was uploaded to YouTube and your teacher showed it to the class in 2016.
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Mary is preparing to analyze the Declaration of Independence. BEFORE she reads the document, Mary looks at information about Thomas Jefferson, the author. She discovers that he lived in Virginia, was an architect and designed his own home, and that he had a passion for new exciting foods, such as macaroni!
Mary is thinking like a historian because she is demonstrating the skill of…
Corroborating
Contextualizing
Close Reading
Sourcing
Karl has begun to research the way Native Americans used to farm in Kansas in the 1800s. In order to make the best inference possible, he looks at a primitive farming tool made from bison bones, photographs taken by a famous photographer who traveled around to study different native American tribes, as well as maps and graphs of the climate patterns throughout Kansas history. He then compares the sources to see what information is agreed upon.
Which of the following is Karl doing?
Corroborating
Contextualizing
Close Reading
Sourcing
Sara is trying to figure out why the Native Americans were forced off their land an onto reservations. She finds out that the law that forced them to move was passed in 1832. In order to get a better picture of the reasons why Indians were forced to move, Sara decides to see what else happened in the United States in 1832 that might provide clues that help answer her question.
Sara is participating in which step of historical thinking?
Corroborating
Contextualizing
Close Reading
Sourcing
Which of the sources listed would you trust the most to answer the following historical question:
What was life like for soldiers during the Civil War?
A diary from a woman who traveled with the troops to help with cleaning, cooking, and caring for the sick and wounded.
An interview with Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant that was recorded 20 years after the war was over.
