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Practice identifying source types and judging credibility, purpose, and bias.
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A Union soldier wrote a diary entry during a Civil War battle in 1863. What type of source is the diary entry?
A teenager recorded a journal entry while watching the Apollo 11 Moon landing broadcast in 1969. What type of source is the journal entry?
An attendee took a photograph during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Why is the photograph a primary source?
The original text of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the U.S. government in 1863. What type of source is it?
A factory worker wrote a letter in 1942 describing her wartime job building aircraft parts. What type of source is the letter?
A surveyor's 1805 map from a western expedition puts one river in the wrong place. Is the map still a primary source?
A court reporter recorded the transcript of the Brown v. Board of Education arguments in 1952. Which question can the transcript answer best?
An 1850 plantation ledger listed enslaved people's labor and food rations. Whose point of view does the ledger mainly show?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio speech from March 12, 1933, survives as an audio recording. Can a sound recording be a primary source?
Abigail Adams wrote a 1776 letter to John Adams about rights and independence. What type of source is the letter?
Federal workers, not the families themselves, filled out the 1790 U.S. census schedules. Are the schedules a primary source?
Which of these is a secondary source about the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A museum label written in 2022 summarizes the forced removal of Cherokee people in the 1830s. Why is the label a secondary source?
A textbook chapter explains causes of the American Revolution for students today. What is one strength of this secondary source?
A historian's 2021 book and an older book reach different conclusions about Reconstruction. Why can secondary sources disagree?
A modern encyclopedia article about the Aztec Empire cites a codex painted by Aztec artists in the 1500s. Which is the primary source?
A 2018 documentary about the Great Depression mixes 1930s photographs with a narrator's explanation. Which part of the film is a secondary source?
A teacher made a classroom timeline in 2024 showing major events of the civil rights movement. What is the timeline most useful for?
Harriet Tubman could not read or write, so she left almost no writing of her own. Where would a 2019 biographer find evidence about her life?
A website article summarizes the Lewis and Clark expedition. Which source would let a reader check its details firsthand?
A student essay analyzes economic causes of the Civil War using several published histories. What would make its argument stronger?
An archaeologist's 2020 article interprets ruins of a Maya city. Why might a student read it instead of only looking at the ruins?
A history website names its author, date, and National Archives documents. What makes it more credible?
A blog claims a major event happened in 1776 but gives no author, date, or source. What weakens its credibility?
A webpage about Roman trade is written by a university historian who studies ancient Rome. What credibility factor is strongest?
An archive page shows a scanned letter, catalog number, and storage location. Why is the page credible?
A social media post about a 1791 law gives no source and conflicts with a Library of Congress page. What should a reader do?
For exact weather details during a 1900 storm, a diary from that week conflicts with a memoir from 1950. Which source is stronger?
A coin shop page claims one coin ended the Revolutionary War but gives no evidence. What reduces credibility?
An article revised in 2023 explains that it corrected an older mistaken date. What supports its credibility?
A history podcast interviews an archaeologist and names the artifacts discussed. What improves its credibility?
Two websites cover Cherokee removal. Site A shows maps and court records and names where each one came from. Site B does not. Why is Site A the stronger source?
A candidate's campaign committee prints a flyer praising only that candidate. What should a reader keep in mind most?
A railroad company's 1890 advertisement says its line made every town prosper. How could a historian best check this claim?
A wartime poster urges citizens to buy bonds and shows cheerful soldiers. What is the poster most reliable evidence of?
An abolitionist newspaper in 1852 described slavery to build support against it. What should a reader consider?
An 1850 slaveholder's letter claimed enslaved people were content. What bias should a reader consider?
A city tourism office brochure calls every neighborhood perfect for visitors. What is the brochure most likely to leave out?
A labor union newsletter during a 1912 strike blames owners for all violence. What point of view is shown?
A colonial official's report to the king says tax protests were led by troublemakers. What perspective should a reader consider?
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