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Identifying Primary And Secondary Sources - History Worksheet With Answer Key

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Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

Determine if the source would be a Primary Source(P) or a secondary Source(S).

A n s w e r s

• A Primary Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person

directly involved in the event.

Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies.

• A Secondary Source is information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved

in the event.

Encyclopedias, textbooks, book reports.

1) A painting by Leonardo DaVinci.

2) A letter from John Smith about his meeting with the Powhatan Indians.

3) A text book describing the 'the great war'.

4) A college professor describing how the pilgrims lived.

5) A reporter describing his time in Iraq.

10.

6) A friend giving a report about the Industrial Revolution's changes to America.

11.

7) The movie Titanic.

12.

8) A biography about the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln.

13.

9) A Native American writing about how his ancestors used to use all parts of the animals they

hunted.

14.

10) A documentary about how 'Wizard of Oz' changed movies forever.

15.

11) A blog written by an employee describing what it is like working at Apple.

12) Neil Armstrong giving an interview about being the first man to walk on the moon.

13) A newspaper article describing last night's storm.

14) An autobiography about Bill Gates.

15) The History Channel' explaining how life was for a slave.

1-10 93 87 80 73 67 60 53 47 40 33

Math

11-15 27 20 13 7

Identifying Primary And Secondary Sources - History Worksheet With Answer Key