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What is a primary source?
a) A source used often
b) A source created at the time of an event
c) A source found in an important book like an encyclopedia
d) A source created by someone not involved in the event

What is a secondary source?
a) A source used often
b) A source created at the time of the event
c) A source created by someone not at the event
d) A source never used

Which is a primary source?
a) a history text book
b) a journal
c) a student report about civil war
d) a article about Ancient Egypt written in 2015

Which is a secondary source?
a) A history textbook
b) a journal
c) a diary
d) a photograph

A painting by Picasso
a) primary source
b) Secondary source
c)
d)

A history textbook on Ancient Egypt
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

A newspaper article from Sept 11 2001
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

A student report on the Civil War
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

A photograph of an immigrant family arriving at Ellis Island
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

A journal kept by a soldier during the American Revolution
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

Eyewitness accounts like diaries, letters and autobiographies
a) Primary source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A website about the original 13 colonies and important members.
a) primary source
b) secondary source
c)
d)

Which is a primary source?
a) A letter from Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln
b) A textbook about Abraham Lincoln
c) The movie Lincoln released in 2011
d) A children's book about Lincoln

Which is a secondary source?
a) A letter from a solider in WW2
b) A WW2 uniform
c) Picture from soldiers in WW2
d) A history report about WW2 generals

Which is a primary source?
a) An scholarly article about ancient roman life
b) A gladiator sword
c) a history textbook about ancient rome
d) A play about Roman Life

Which is a secondary source?
a) A speech by Helen Keller
b) A biography about Helen Keller
c) Helen Keller's autobiography
d) A letter from Helen Keller to her teacher

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