Flocabulary Primary and Secondary Sources

Which of the following is NOT considered a primary source?

• A letter

• A photograph

• a dairy entry

• a biography

Which of the following is NOT considered a secondary source?

• an encyclopedia entry

• an interview

• a textbook

• a magazine article

A primary source is created by someone who

• heard about an event from a witness.

• made up an event in their imagination.

• read about an event.

• was present at an event.

The lyric "We know what it was like for Jane/ 'Cause her interpretation comes from in her brain" most likely describes a ________________ source.

• primary

• secondary

Which of these is a secondary source?

• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

• John Adams by David McCullough

• The Story of My Life by Hellen Keller

• The Autobiography of Malcom X by Malcom X

Which of these is a primary source?

• a rap song about Harriet Tubman

• an essay about Harriet Tubman

• a photograph of Harriet Tubman

• A documentary film about Harriet Tubman

Which type of source can include the author's personal opinions or bias

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• neither

• both

True or False: Secondary sources often draw from one or more primary sources.

• True

• False

Read the following excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan.

Every Sunday on his way to church, young Vincent would pass the headstone carved with the name he shared. Did he feel as if his dead brother were the rightful Vincent, the one who would remain perfect in his parents' hearts, and that he was merely an unsatisfactory replacement? That might have been one of the reasons he spent so much of his life feeling like a lonely outsider, as if he didn't fit anywhere in the world.

Which kind of source does this passage represent?

• primary

• secondary

A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is a

• primary source

• secondary source