Primary Secondary Source Review

Directions: Write down your answers to these questions on a sheet of paper or you can print it
out, fill in the blanks below and answer the questions that follow. Either way you choose, the
assignment is due on Monday.
1) Primary Source
A primary source is a ____________________________, __________________________
account of an event that you are investigating
2) Secondary Source
A secondary source is an account ______________________________ after an event has
occurred. A secondary source is often _________________________ or
__________________________ steps removed from the event. It often has information that has
been ______________________________ and ______________________________ for you. A
secondary source is written by someone that did not ______________________________ the
event.
Directions: Reference the definitions above in your answers to the questions below. Determine
whether the examples below are primary or secondary sources and then answer the questions that
follow.
1) A notebook that an accountant in the Jamestown colony used to track how much tobacco
his employer had sold to Britain.
A. (primary or secondary source)
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B. How do you know?
Criteria for success

Reference your definition of primary or secondary source in your

answer as support
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2) A biography of President Theodore Roosevelt and how he felt about trusts.
C. (primary or secondary source)
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D. How do you know?
Criteria for success

Reference your definition of primary or secondary source in your

answer as support
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3) A section in a history textbook on muckrakers.

E. (primary or secondary source)
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F. How do you know?
Criteria for success

Reference your definition of primary or secondary source in your

answer as support
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4) The autobiography of Barack Obama.

G. (primary or secondary source)
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H. How do you know?
Criteria for success

Reference your definition of primary or secondary source in your

answer as support
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5) A video documentary made of It Takes a Village day at NYU a week ago.

I. (primary or secondary source)
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J. How do you know?
Criteria for success

Reference your definition of primary or secondary source in your

answer as support
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