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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 journal written by Lewis about his exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

2) A history book describing Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

3) A classmate giving a report about World War 2.

4) A letter from a soldier describing World War 2.

5) A Vietnam veteran talking about the war in Vietnam.

10.

6) A TV show explaining what happened in Vietnam.

11.

7) A biography about Abraham Lincoln.

12.

8) Abraham Lincoln's diary describing what he thought about the civil war.

13.

9) An actor describing what it was like on the set of a movie.

14.

10) A journal article written about how Native Americans lived.

15.

11) A website describing what the first World's Fair was like.

12) A newspaper article from 1941 describing the attack on Pearl Harbor.

13) An autobiography about Bill Clinton.

14) A friend describing the snowstorm he was in last year.

15) The declaration of independence.

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