WorksheetsPrimary and Secondary Sources
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 40mins
A diary is a...
primary source
secondary source
A photograph is a...
primary source
secondary source
gossip is a...
primary source
secondary source
A phone recording/ video is a...
primary source
secondary source
A biography is a ...
primary source
secondary source
A history textbook is a...
primary source
secondary source
A fossil is a...
primary source
secondary source
An original art piece is a...
primary source
secondary source
Human remains, like a skeleton or mummy, is a...
primary source
secondary source
An autobiography (book written by the person about themselves) would be a...
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A speech is a...
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A source that was created by someone who learned about an event and was made long after the even occurred.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
The quote, "The time is always right to do what is right," by Martin Luther King Jr. is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A history textbook is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A source that was made by someone who experienced an event.
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A letter written by George Washington that is in a museum is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
The movie based on true events about Bethany Hamilton is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Photographs are always primary sources
True
False
A journal of science notes written by Charles Darwin is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A biography of Benjamin Franklin is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
If you take a copy of a primary source, it:
is still a primary source
becomes a secondary source
you cannot copy primary sources
Artifacts are a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Military records are a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
A theater play about the Revolutionary War is a:
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Newspaper articles are ALWAYS primary sources.
True
False
Select ALL the primary sources
Letter
Speech
Textbook
Quote
Select ALL the Secondary sources
Artifacts
Website
YouTube Video
Historical Documents
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.
Identify the source type:
A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
What is a primary source?
A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.
A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.
What is a secondary source?
A source created by someone who was there at the time of an event.
A source created by someone who was NOT there at the time of an event.
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 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
