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WorksheetsPrimary vs. Secondary Sources
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is a PRIMARY source?
First hand information, usually created during the period in history: Photographs, autobiographies, artifacts.
Second hand information, created well after an event in history. Biographies, history books, journal articles about a past event.
What is a SECONDARY source?
First hand information, usually created during the period in history: Photographs, autobiographies, artifacts.
Second hand information, created well after an event in history. Biographies, history books, journal articles about a past event.
A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there
Primary
Secondary
Something made about an event or time period by someone who was not there
Primary
Secondary
An article about the Civil War written during the Civil War
Primary
Secondary
A report about the life of Abraham Lincoln written by a 5th grade student
Primary
Secondary
A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11
Primary
Secondary
An audio recording of an immigrant talking about their experience of Ellis Island.
What is the audio recording in this sentence?
Primary
Secondary
Which answer below is a Secondary Source?
Autobiography
Photograph
Diary
Textbook
A Native American's journal that describes what it was like to meet white settlers for the first time
Primary
Secondary
I go to a play about Christopher Columbus discovering America. What is the play?
Primary
Secondary
While digging in our backyard, we discovered an old diary kept by a women during the Civil War period. If you were studying the Civil War, what type of source would this be?
Secondary
Primary
Most historical events have a movies made about them. These movies would be considered _____ sources.
Secondary
Primary
