Primary or Secondary
Guided Notes
Vocabulary
The Timeline
Wild Card
100

The book "The Long Walk" written by Nelson Mandela about his own life is a what? 

Autobiography 

100

The first listed reason we use Primary Sources is to what? 

Explain how major events are related to each other in time 

100

This is writing having historical value.

Historical Record 

100

The term Anno Domini is Latin. Translated to English it means? 

In the Year of our Lord 

100

Both primary and secondary can contain this

bias 

200

The data collected during a U.S. Census is considered what kind of source? 

A Primary Source 

200

What do we call information based on and interpretation of events seen by someone else? 

A secondary Source 

200

This is the quality of being impartial, fair and open-minded. 

Objectivity 

200

Does your birthday occur in AD or BC? 

AD 

200

We use these sources to get insight by examining the same event from different perspectives  

Secondary Sources 

300

"The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks" written by Rebecca Skloot is what kind of source?  

Secondary Source 

300

The third stated reason that we use primary sources is what? 

Recognize POV in print and visual materials 

300

From the original source or personal experience; direct  

firsthand

300

What central event is placed at the center of the timeline? 

The birth of Jesus Christ

300

List four examples of secondary sources 

encyclopedias, articles that review other sources, textbooks, biographies, historical fiction  

400

Oral Histories are considered what kind of source? 

Primary Source 

400

Our notes give us 5 basic questions that we must ask in order to evaluate a source. What are they? 

who, what, when, where and why 


400

Sources of information derived from primary sources 

Secondary Sources 

400

C.E. the abbreviation for what? 

Current Era 

400

We use these types of sources to understand who you are by examining your roots or placing yourself in that time period or situation  

Primary Source 

500

Dictionaries are considered what kind of source?

Secondary Source

500

What is the second stated reason that we use secondary sources in our research? 

To gain insight by examining the same event from different points of view 

500

The position from which someone or something is observed 

POV

500

The events of the Old Testament occur in which timeline era? 

BC 

500

Which timeline classification does the death of Jesus fall into?

AD