Sort the Sources

Look at the following sources of information about the past.  Record each one on the worksheet under the correct heading as a primary or secondary source.

Diaries  

Documentary shows    

Pictures of scenes from the past  

Drawings of scenes from the past  

 Folk songs

t.v. shows  

historical novels   

family photos  

a ship’s log  

tapes  

maps  

Fiction novels

Old newspapers  

interviewing older people   

paintings of scenes from the past 

video tapes  

magazines

Family bible  

Museums  

Artifacts  

Government records 

Letters  

Church records  

journals

 

                    

Primary Sources Secondary Sources