Primary and Secondary Sources

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the primary source in each group.

1. 1.
   • A biography of a president, written by a historian.
   • A news special looking back on a flood from ten years ago.
   • A speech given by a mayor at the opening of a park, as written down that day.
2. 2.
   • A map in an atlas showing the routes of explorers, drawn by a modern mapmaker.
   • A poster a student made about the Gold Rush.
   • A bill of sale for a horse, signed in 1855.
3. 3.
   • A photograph taken at a town parade in 1920.
   • A chart in a book that sums up how many settlers came by wagon.
   • A student's essay about the building of the canal.
4. 4.
   • A teacher's slide show about the Oregon Trail.
   • A drawing a child made of her town in 1910.
   • An article about how the first telephone worked, written in 2019.
5. 5.
   • A photograph of workers building a bridge, taken while they worked.
   • A song written last year about the railroad workers of long ago.
   • A textbook chapter about the Pony Express, written last year.
6. 6.
   • A book about life on the frontier, written by a teacher.
   • A journal kept by a lighthouse keeper in 1890.
   • A magazine article about the 1906 earthquake, written in 2020.
7. 7.
   • A museum website article about ancient Egypt.
   • A school play about the first Thanksgiving.
   • An interview with a woman who lived through the big storm of 1960.
8. 8.
   • A model of a Roman road built by a class.
   • A documentary film made in 2015 about the 1920s.
   • A poster from the 1925 county fair.