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Grade 5 Starter Lesson: Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

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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?

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Why are primary sources helpful?

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Drag each item to the correct box to show whether it is a primary or secondary source.

a biography

a diary entry from 1876

an interview with the president

an article about World War II

a social studies textbook

a photograph

Primary Source

Secondary Source

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Why are secondary sources helpful?

A story about grandpa's experience at Woodstock is a primary source.

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False

Secondary sources are written after an event has happened.

True

False

Is the Constitution a primary or secondary source?

secondary source

primary source

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

True

False