Primary or Secondary
Fill in the Blank
True or False
"You" Scenarios
3 Observations of Primary Sources
100

The Declaration of Independence.

What is primary source?

100

_____ _____ are the original sources of information recorded at the time an event occurred.

What is Primary sources?

100

T or F: Secondary sources can come before primary sources.

What is False?  (Secondary sources are derived from primary sources.)

100

P or S:  You write an original piece of poetry for English class that describes how your day is going.

What is primary source?

100

(art: The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull)

What is ___________, _____________, __________?  (There is no absolute right or wrong answers)

200

Your history textbook.

What is secondary source?

200

We use primary sources to recognize points of _____ in print and visual materials.

What is view?

200

T or F:  Primary sources are always completely accurate.

What is False?  (A diary or autobiography are primary sources, but the writer may include incorrect information in them).

200

P or S:  You read an encyclopedia entry to learn about the Civil War.

What is secondary source?

200

Civil War poem: The Bivouac of the Dead by Theodore O'Hara


What is ___________, _____________, __________?  (There is no absolute right or wrong answers)

300

A photograph.

What is primary source?

300

_____ _____ are derived from primary sources.

What is Secondary sources?

300

T or F:  A basic question you should ask when evaluating a source is: Who wrote this?

What is True?

300

P or S:  You look at a picture taken during the Great Depression to better understand the issue.

What is primary source?

300

map:  1881 Historical Map of Yellowstone National Park.


What is ___________, _____________, __________?  (There is no absolute right or wrong answers)

400

A Native American artifact.

What is primary source?

400

We use secondary sources to get expert _____ in order to evaluate what really happened.

What is opinions?

400

T or F:  It is important to look at both primary and secondary sources when studying a topic.

What is True?

400

P or S:  Your teacher listens to you tell your opinion about a new school rule.

What is secondary source?

400

artifact:  Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica.

What is ___________, _____________, __________?  (There is no absolute right or wrong answers)

500

A historian explaining what the Constitution means.

What is secondary source?

500

Both primary and secondary sources may have a slant or _____.

What is bias?

500

T or F:  Primary sources can be written well after events happen.

What is True?  (examples of this are memoirs and oral histories)

500

P or S:  You interview a person who witnessed a car accident to find out what happened.

What is a primary source?

500

from the Autobiography of Mark Twain

“People don't really read your books, they only say they do, to keep you from feeling bad.”

What is ___________, _____________, __________?  (There is no absolute right or wrong answers)