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Which of the following is NOT considered a primary source?
A letter
A photograph
a dairy entry
a biography
Which of the following is NOT considered a secondary source?
an encyclopedia entry
an interview
a textbook
a magazine article
A primary source is created by someone who
heard about an event from a witness.
made up an event in their imagination.
read about an event.
was present at an event.
The lyric "We know what it was like for Jane/ 'Cause her interpretation comes from in her brain" most likely describes a ________________ source.
primary
secondary
Which of these is a secondary source?
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
John Adams by David McCullough
The Story of My Life by Hellen Keller
The Autobiography of Malcom X by Malcom X
Which of these is a primary source?
a rap song about Harriet Tubman
an essay about Harriet Tubman
a photograph of Harriet Tubman
A documentary film about Harriet Tubman
Which type of source can include the author's personal opinions or bias
primary sources
secondary sources
neither
both
True or False: Secondary sources often draw from one or more primary sources.
True
False
Read the following excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan.
Every Sunday on his way to church, young Vincent would pass the headstone carved with the name he shared. Did he feel as if his dead brother were the rightful Vincent, the one who would remain perfect in his parents' hearts, and that he was merely an unsatisfactory replacement? That might have been one of the reasons he spent so much of his life feeling like a lonely outsider, as if he didn't fit anywhere in the world.
Which kind of source does this passage represent?
primary
secondary
A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is a
primary source
secondary source
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