Understanding Primary Sources
A Grade 6 Social Studies worksheet on identifying and analyzing primary sources.
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Understanding Primary Sources
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand what primary sources are and how to identify them.
1. Which of the following is the BEST definition of a primary source?
An article written about an event many years later.
A firsthand account of an event or time period.
A textbook chapter explaining historical facts.
A movie based on a true story.
2. Which of these would NOT be considered a primary source?
A diary entry from a soldier during a war.
A photograph taken at a historical event.
A biography of a historical figure.
A speech given by a president.
3. An autobiography is an example of a primary source.
True
False
4. A historical documentary created 50 years after an event is a primary source.
True
False
5. A primary source provides a account of an event.
6. Historians use primary sources to gather direct about the past.
7. List three examples of primary sources.
8. Why are primary sources important for understanding history?
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