Primary and Secondary Sources

Multiple Choice

What is a source?

• A source is a provider of information.

• A source is a type of food ingredient.
• A source is a physical location.
• A source is a type of computer program.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a primary source?

• Photograph

• Magazine

• Biography

• Encyclopedia

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a secondary source?

• Photograph

• Newspaper

• Biography

• Map

Multiple Choice

A Native American's journal that describes what it was like to meet white settlers for the first time

• Primary

• Secondary

Drag and Drop

Primary sources are ​

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hand accounts of the past. Secondary sources are ​

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hand accounts of the past.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

third

fourth

second

first

ancient

new

Multiple Choice

An autobiography is a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Multiple Choice

BrainPop

• Primary

• Secondary

Multiple Choice

Which item is NOT a Primary Source?

• National Geographic magazine article

• Diary

• 1900's Buffalo Nickel

• Live video footage

Multiple Choice

What type of source is this?

• Primary
• Secondary

Multiple Choice

What type of source is this?

• Primary 
• Secondary

Multiple Choice

What type of source is this?

• Primary
• Secondary

Multiple Choice

If Mr. Eisenberg decided to write a historical book on George Washington, it would be a...

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Categorize

Options (9)

Diary

textbook

newspaper

Letter

Peace Treaty

Documentary

Biography

Autobiography

Artifact

Organize these options into the right categories

Primary

Secondary