Primary and Secondary Sources Worksheet (Grade 5)
Free printable primary versus secondary sources worksheet for Grade 5. Students learn to tell first-hand records from later accounts of the past.
Grade 5 · History worksheet
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History
Primary and Secondary Sources
A primary source comes from the time of an event. A secondary source is made later. Read each question and write your answer.
- 1.A diary written by a person who lived through an event is which kind of source?
- 2.A first-hand record made at the time of an event is called a what?
- 3.A textbook written today about ancient Rome is which kind of source?
- 4.An old photograph taken during an event is which kind of source?
- 5.An old letter written by a soldier during a war is which kind of source?
- 6.A museum sign that explains an artefact today is which kind of source?
- 7.A source made later by someone studying an event is called a what?
- 8.Why do historians use sources?
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