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Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

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Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: ________
Directions: Write P for a Primary Source or S for a Secondary Source.
1) A biography about Abraham Lincoln. _____
2) The Declaration of Independence. _____
3) A TV show explaining what happened in Vietnam. _____
4) A website describing what the first World's Fair was like. _____
5) A Vietnam veteran talking about the war in Vietnam. _____
6) Abraham Lincoln's diary describing what he thought about the Civil War. _____
7) A letter from a soldier describing World War II. _____
8) An actor describing what it was like on the set of a movie. _____
9) A history book describing Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. _____
10) A friend describing the snowstorm he was in last year. _____
11) A journal written by Lewis about his exploration of the Louisiana Purchase. _____
12) A journal article written about how Arctic explorers lived. _____
13) A classmate giving a report about World War II. _____
14) A newspaper article from 1941 describing the attack on Pearl Harbor. _____
15) An autobiography about Bill Clinton. _____
16) A biography about the second president, John Adams. _____
17) A movie showing the life of George Washington. _____
18) A website talking about how life may have been in ancient Greece. _____
19) A friend telling you about his teacher last year. _____
20) A journal written by Sequoyah about how he created the Cherokee alphabet. _____
21) A newspaper article from 2001 describing the Great Depression in the 1920's. _____
22) Another student reading a report about the tanks from World War I. _____
23) A journal entry describing what it was like to meet white settlers for the first time. _____
24) The United States Constitution. _____
25) An interview with a soldier about what it was like in Iraq. _____
26) A writer talking about their latest book. _____
27) A textbook describing the Civil War. _____
28) A radio recording of Walt Disney talking about Disney World. _____
29) Your parents describing how Pilgrims came to America. _____
30) Anne Frank’s diary describing her life during World War II. _____
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