primary vs. secondary sources task cards
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources
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Standards Alignment
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Texas ELA TEKS- • 5.24 B – Students are
expected to differentiate between primary and secondary sources.
• 4.25 – Students are
expected to improve research by consulting expert sources.
CCSS – Social Studies and History • RH.6-8.1 – students need
to be familiar with primary and secondary sources so they can analyze them for research purposes.
Primary Sources
A primary historical source is any piece of information that was created by someone who witnessed first hand or was part of the historical events that are being described. • Letters
• Speeches
• Journal or Diary
• Interviews
• Autobiography
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Secondary Sources
A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. • A history textbook
• A book about the effects of WWI
• Magazine articles about an event
• Encyclopedia
• Biography
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1. Interview with Rosa Parks about Civil Rights
a. Primary b. Secondary
2. Biography of Abraham Lincoln
a. Primary b. Secondary
3. Letters written by General Robert E. Lee
a. Primary b. Secondary
4. Photograph of Babe Ruth at a baseball game
a. Primary b. Secondary
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5. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
a. Primary b. Secondary
6. A movie about the life of Abraham Lincoln
a. Primary b. Secondary
7. 5th grade Social Studies Textbook
a. Primary b. Secondary
8. Notes written by Albert Einstein in his lab
a. Primary b. Secondary
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9. Poem written about Martin Luther King , Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech
a. Primary b. Secondary
10. Painting of George Washington created in 1976 to celebrate the 200th birthday of USA.
a. Primary b. Secondary
11. Song written about the attacks on September 11, 2001 written by a survivor
a. Primary b. Secondary
12. Magazine article written about the life of a Pearl Harbor survivor
a. Primary b. Secondary
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13. An arrowhead found in a state park
a. Primary b. Secondary
14. A college student’s report on the Civil War
a. Primary b. Secondary
15. A primer book to learn how to read used by children in 1700’s a. Primary b. Secondary
16. News footage of soldiers in the Vietnam War
a. Primary b. Secondary
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17. President Obama’s Inauguration speech
a. Primary b. Secondary
18. Newspaper article about a car crash
a. Primary b. Secondary
19. Interview with a witness to a crime
a. Primary b. Secondary
20. Marriage and death certificates at a county courthouse a. Primary b. Secondary
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21. Email from your grandfather sharing stories from his childhood
a. Primary b. Secondary
22. A letter written by President Dwight D. Eisenhower a. Primary b. Secondary
23. The Diary of Anne Frank
a. Primary b. Secondary
24. U.S. Census records showing the population of New Orleans, LA in 1880
a. Primary b. Secondary
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Name _______________ Date ________ Primary vs. Secondary Sources
1. 7. 13. 19. 2. 8. 14. 20. 3. 9. 15. 21. 4. 10. 16. 22. 5. 11. 17. 23. 6. 12. 18. 24.
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Name ___Answer Key________ Date ________ Primary vs. Secondary Sources
1. A 7.B 13.A 19.A 2.B 8.A 14.B 20.A 3.A 9.B 15.A 21.A 4.A 10.B 16.A 22.A 5.A 11.B 17.A 23.A 6.B 12.B 18.B 24.A
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Name _______________ Date ________ Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Card # _________ Answer ________ Explain why you chose this answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Card # _________ Answer ________ How do you know this answer is correct? ____________________________________________________________________________________
Card # _________ Answer ________ How do you know it is this type of source? ____________________________________________________________________________________
Card # _________ Answer ________ Why is it this type of source? ____________________________________________________________________________________
Card # _________ Answer ________ Justify your answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Card # _________ Answer ________ Explain why you chose this answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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