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Primary and Secondary Sources

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a primary source?

a)

A piece of information that was created during the time period that it describes.

b)

A piece of information that was created after the time period that it describes.

c)

A piece of information made by unicorns.

d)

A piece of information gathered for the use of students ONLY!

2.

What is a secondary source?

a)

A piece of information that was created during the time period that it is describes.

b)

A piece of information that was created after the time period that it describes.

c)

A piece of information made by unicorns.

d)

A fictional piece of information.

3.

Which is NOT a primary source?

a)

A journal written by Lewis and Clark.

b)

A history book describing the Underground Railroad.

c)

An autobiography written by Wilbur Wright.

d)

A diary written by George Washington.

4.

Which of these is NOT a secondary source?

a)

An actor describing and acting out an event that happened a 100 years ago.

b)

A TV show explaining the Civil War.

c)

The Declaration of Independence.

d)

A website describing World War 2.

5.

Which is NOT a primary source?

a)

A direct quote given by Simone Biles about her Olympic journey.

b)

The Diary of Anne Frank.

c)

The Gettysburg Address (speech given by Abraham Lincoln).

d)

A biography about Alexander Graham Bell.

6.

Which is NOT a secondary source?

a)

An autobiography about Bill Clinton.

b)

A TV show explaining the events of World War 1.

c)

A classmate giving a report on the French and Indian War.

d)

A history book about the first constitutional convention.

7.

Which is NOT a primary source?

a)

A group of actors acting out the events from when settlers first came to the U.S.

b)

A diary written by soldier in Civil War.

c)

A newspaper article written when Martin Luther King gave his, "I Have a Dream Speech."

d)

The Declaration of Independence.

8.

Which is NOT a secondary source?

a)

An autobiography on Kristi Yamaguchi.

b)

A TV show on Abraham Lincoln.

c)

A website describing the events of the Constitutional Convention.

d)

A movie on 9/11.

9.

Which is NOT a primary source?

a)

The Diary of Anne Frank.

b)

A letter written from a soldier describing the attack on Pearl Harbor.

c)

A friend describing a tornado they saw last year.

d)

A biography on Andrew Garfield.

10.

Which is not a secondary source?

a)

A journal article written about how Native Americans lived long ago.

b)

A biography written about Martin Luther King.

c)

A TV show about the Civil War.

d)

A letter from someone who witnessed MLK's famous speech.