Primary vs. Secondary Sources Task Cards

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Task Cards

Created by Eileen Jarman 2015

Standards Alignment

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.

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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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