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4th Grade Map Scale and Source Skills worksheets

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Map Scale and Source Skills

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

NameDate

Circle primary source or secondary source.

1.
A chart in a book that sums up how many settlers came by wagon.
- a secondary source
- a primary source
2.
A museum website article about ancient Egypt.
- a secondary source
- a primary source
3.
A letter a soldier mailed home in 1944.
- a primary source
- a secondary source
4.
A diary entry a soldier wrote the night before a battle.
- a secondary source
- a primary source
5.
A lesson plan about explorers.
- a primary source
- a secondary source
6.
A poster from the 1925 county fair.
- a secondary source
- a primary source
7.
A town's meeting notes written during the meeting.
- a secondary source
- a primary source
8.
A paragraph in a library book about how the pyramids were built.
- a primary source
- a secondary source

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About this worksheet

A primary source was made by someone who was there at the time, such as a diary, a photograph or a letter. A secondary source was made later by someone who was not, such as a textbook or a documentary.

Each sheet has eight descriptions of a source, and your child circles primary source or secondary source. Map scale has its own sheet, Map Scale and Distance.

What your child will learn

Tell a primary source from a secondary source
Use who made it and when to decide
Know that a photograph or diary from the time is primary

C3 Framework standard: D2.His.9.3-5

Worked example

A diary a girl wrote on a ship in 1850 is a primary source. A textbook chapter written last year about that ship is a secondary source.

Common mistake

Calling every old object a primary source, or every book a secondary source, without asking who made it and when.

Helpful hint

A primary source was made by someone who was there, at the time. A secondary source was made later by someone who was not.

Next skill: Primary and Secondary Sources Earlier: Map Scale and Distance

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with map scale and source skills?

Calling every old object a primary source, or every book a secondary source, without asking who made it and when.

How can I help my child with map scale and source skills?

A primary source was made by someone who was there, at the time. A secondary source was made later by someone who was not.

Are these 4th grade social studies worksheets free to print?

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