In this lesson, you will learn about primary and secondary sources.
Essential Question: How can primary and secondary sources help us learn about the past?
In this lesson, you will learn about primary and secondary sources.
Essential Question: How can primary and secondary sources help us learn about the past?
Drag each item to the correct box to show whether it is a primary or secondary source.
a social studies textbook
a biography
an interview with the president
an article about World War II
a diary entry from 1876
a photograph
Primary Source
Secondary Source

Is the Constitution a primary or secondary source?

A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a primary source.

Why are primary sources helpful?
Why are secondary sources helpful?
Secondary sources are written after an event has happened.