Primary and Secondary Sources

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the primary source in each group.

1. 1.
   • A student's own notes taken during a visit to a museum.
   • A movie about knights, made in 2018.
   • A paragraph in a library book about how the pyramids were built.
2. 2.
   • An article about how the first telephone worked, written in 2019.
   • A home movie of a family trip taken in 1965.
   • A lesson plan about explorers.
3. 3.
   • A list of supplies a pioneer wrote before a long trip.
   • An encyclopedia article about a famous painter.
   • A museum website article about ancient Egypt.
4. 4.
   • A map in an atlas showing the routes of explorers, drawn by a modern mapmaker.
   • A short video that explains how the Constitution was written.
   • A school report card from 1935.
5. 5.
   • A letter a soldier mailed home in 1944.
   • A textbook chapter about the Pony Express, written last year.
   • A student's essay about the building of the canal.
6. 6.
   • A timeline in a book about the American Revolution.
   • A history book about the Civil War, published in 2010.
   • A coin dug up on a farm from the 1700s.
7. 7.
   • A children's book about Harriet Tubman.
   • A biography of a president, written by a historian.
   • A plow used by a farmer in the 1800s.
8. 8.
   • An interview with a woman who lived through the big storm of 1960.
   • A podcast about the history of baseball.
   • A student report on the first moon landing.