sources
reliability
primary
secondary
miscellaneous
100

Both a SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SOURCE, this source is usually in black and white and comments on recent events, or gives current first hand information.

What is a newspaper?

100
True or False? Any source I look up on the internet is reliable.
What is false.
100

Which is a primary source? A. Atlas B. Diary C. Encyclopedia D. Textbook

What is B. Diary

100

Which of these is a primary source? a. autobiography b. encyclopedia

What is a. autobiography

100

what is the difference between an autobiography, and a biography?

What is an autobiography is a primary source, and autobiography is a secondary source. An autobiography is a story about the author written by the author, where a biography is a story about someone written by someone else.

200

A secondary source that contains geographical information such as MAPS.

What is an atlas.

200

Which of these is a reliable source? A. fortune cookie B. Journal C. Twitter D. Google

What is B. Journal

200

A primary source contains: A. eyewitness information B. an interpretation of firsthand events c. large words

What is a. eyewitness information

200
what is a secondary source? a. the second source you find b. a source written by someone a step or two removed from the topic c. first hand information, directly from someone central to the topic
What is b. a source written by someone a step or two removed from the topic
200
True or False? a source can be both primary and secondary
What is True, a source can be both primary and secondary
300
A secondary source which contains information on a specific topic, usually used in classrooms.
What is a textbook.
300

When evaluating a source for reliability, I would look for: A. Professional design and layout of the source (font of text, language, color, textboxes) B. Date, authorship, origin, connection to topic C. Multiple authors, copyright, publisher, editor

B. Date, authorship, origin, connection to topic

300
A primary source is: a. your favorite source b. the first source you find c. a source that comes directly from a person or document central to your topic d. a source that comes directly from someone else's experience of the topic
What is c. a source that comes directly from a person or document central to your topic.
300
A secondary source contains: a. pictures b. large words c. an interpretation of firsthand events d. firsthand information
What is c. an interpretation of firsthand events
300
What are two examples of sources possibly being both primary and secondary?
What is newspapers and internet
400
A secondary source which includes information about all knowledge, or a certain theme of informative topics.
What is an encyclopedia.
400
You are researching presidents of the United States. What is the best reliable source to look for? A. twitter B. Wikipedia C. google D. encyclopedia
What is d. encyclopedia
400
True or false? Primary sources are always better than secondary sources, and why?
What is False, primary sources are not always better than a secondary source. It depends on your topic of study and thesis of your essay.
400
Which is a secondary source? a. autobiography b. biography
What is b. biography
400

All these sources are primary or secondary? textbook, atlas, encyclopedia

What is secondary

500

What is credibility?

Trustworthiness

500

What is reliability?

Getting the same result every single time

500

Give three examples of primary sources

What is : diary speech photographs autobiography

500

You are given this topic to research: students in America, versus students in China Which secondary source would best help your research and be the most reliable? a. a Chinese student's facebook b. a published article about the learning gains made amongst Chinese students c. a diary entry of an American student d. an article published in china about their economy

What is b. a published article about the learning gains made amongst Chinese students

500
These sources are all primary or secondary? autobiography, diary, speech, photographs
What is primary