Primary Source Or Secondary Source Question Preview (ID: 43260)


Determining If A Source Is Primary Or Secondary. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Materials that were created at the time the event occurred or materials created by those who experienced the event.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

History books, school textbooks, encyclopedias, history magazines, websites, and documentaries.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary source
c)
d)

Materials that were created after the event. These materials might tell you about an event, person, time or place, but they were created by someone not from the time period.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time period.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Artifacts such as tools, weapons, clothing from the time period.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A biography of George Washington written in 2001.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Photographs of Civil War soldiers in their camp.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A documentary on PBS about World War II.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A newspaper article from 1912 about the sinking of the Titanic.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A speech given by Martin Luther King.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A National Geographic magazine article about the Revolutionary War.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

An interview you had with a Vietnam War veteran.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A textbook written by a history professor from Rutgers University.
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

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