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WorksheetsPrimary and Secondary Sources Test Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 39mins
The Declaration of Independence signatures on the original document
What is a primary source?
A piece of information that was created during the time period that it describes.
A piece of information that was created after the time period that it describes.
A piece of information made by unicorns.
A piece of information gathered for the use of students ONLY!
What is a secondary source?
A piece of information that was created during the time period that it is describes.
A piece of information that was created after the time period that it describes.
A piece of information made by unicorns.
A fictional piece of information.
You interview your teacher about why she is a teacher. Is that a primary or secondary source?
Primary
Secondary
You write a report on Abraham Lincoln. What kind of source is that?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Wednesday:After new archeological discoveries were made in the Himalayas, a reporter wrote about the history of ancient humans in these mountains based on her research of archeologist’s opinions. This written report is an example of a
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Oral Tradition
Written Tradition
While trying to learn about the life of ancient humans an archeologist discovered
stone arrowheads and the fossilized remains of a wild animal. These artifacts are examples of
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Oral Tradition
Written Tradition
Sources are NOT helpful to learn about history.
True
False
Choose two examples of a secondary sources.
Dictionaries
Speeches
Photos
Biographies
Cave painting and carvings
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built
Primary
Secondary
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
Joey loves learning about old technology. He spent the afternoon at advertisements for computers from the 1970's
What kind of sources are ADVERTISEMENTS?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
PRIMARY Sources
SECONDARY Sources
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?
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin
A movie about Benjamin franklin
a copy of the speech written by Benjamin Franklin
The Biography of Benjamin Franklin by Wikipedia
An essay about the works of Benjamin Franklin
