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Kennedy (former President of the United States) . |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |\n| 2) A text book describing the civil rights movement. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.   |  |  |  |\n| 3) A scientist describing how the pyramids were made. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |\n| 4) A news report about the opening of a power plant. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |\n| 5) Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.   |  |  |  |\n| 6) The movie Titanic. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.   |  |  |  |\n| 7) A live football broadcast. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |\n| 8) A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |\n| 9) A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.   |  |  |  |\n| 10) A blog written by an employee describing what it is like working at Apple. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.   |  |  |  |\n| 11) A biography about the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.  \u003Cbr>15. |  |  |  |\n| 12) A youtube video with clips from various speeches by John F. Kennedy (former President of the United States) . |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) A reporter describing his time in Iraq. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) Abraham Lincoln's diary describing what he thought about the civil war. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Math | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 3 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 | 73 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 |\n|  |  |  |  | 27 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nIdentifying Primary and Secondary Sources  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>•A Primary Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event.\u003Cbr>Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies.\u003Cbr>•A Secondary Source is information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event.\u003Cbr>Encyclopedias, textbooks, book reports.\u003Cbr>1) A youtube video of a historian summarizing speeches by John F. Kennedy (former President of the United States) . |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  S \u003Cbr>2.  S \u003Cbr>3.  P \u003Cbr>4.  P  |  |  |  |\n| 2) A text book describing the civil rights movement. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.  P  |  |  |  |\n| 3) A scientist describing how the pyramids were made. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.  S  |  |  |  |\n| 4) A news report about the opening of a power plant. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.  P  |  |  |  |\n| 5) Rosa Parks describing her role in the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.  P  |  |  |  |\n| 6) The movie Titanic. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.  S  |  |  |  |\n| 7) A live football broadcast. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.  P  |  |  |  |\n| 8) A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.  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