Primary And Secondary Sources Question Preview (ID: 49042)


Determine Whether Each Item Is A Primary (firsthand Account) Or Secondary (secondhand Account). TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Dictionary
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A letter written from a son to his mother during war time
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. from his speech
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Diary entry written by Anne Frank about the hardship of Jews during the Holocaust
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Your friend's parents telling you about life in the 1800s
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

An author telling how he came up with characters for his new book
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

An interview with an eyewitness to a fire
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

An encyclopedia entry on the American eagle
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Website telling about life in the first settlement of Jamestown, VA
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A newspaper article describing last week's tornado
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Autobiography
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Biography
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Key words such as they, he, she, them, and they
a) Secondary Source
b) Primary Source
c)
d)

Key words such as I, me, my, we, and us.
a) Primary source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

Science textbook
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A fossil of a dinosaur
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

The passage is based on the author's personal experience
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

The passage is based on the author's research
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

An original writing or artwork
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

A scientific experiment to find the cure for a disease
a) Primary Source
b) Secondary Source
c)
d)

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