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WorksheetsPrimary vs. Secondary Sources
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Identify the source type:
A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
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.
Secondary source documents include all of the following EXCEPT:
A biography
An analysis of original documents
Sources created by someone who wasn't involved in the event and at a later time in history
Original materials
Identify the source type:
Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A textbook describing the civil rights movement.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A famous artist's painting of what cowboy life was probably like.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
The United States Constitution
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?
Original uniforms worn by soldiers
Diaries written at the time of an event
video of a historical event
A poem about a famous person from your classmate
Identify the source type:
A news report about the opening of a power plant.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
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An autobiography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Identify the source type:
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
A primary source is ALWAYS more reliable than a secondary source.
True
False
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.
