Primary and Secondary Sources

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A text book describing the civil rights movement. 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

The United States Constitution

• Primary Source 
• Secondary Source

A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.3.5

Something made about an event or time period by someone who was not there

• Primary

• Secondary

A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11

• Primary

• Secondary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.5

Which answer below is a Secondary Source?

• Autobiography

• Photograph

• Diary

• Textbook

I understand primary and secondary sources.

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