Primary and Secondary Sources

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the primary source in each group.

1. 1.
   • A quilt sewn by a pioneer family in 1860.
   • A student's essay about the building of the canal.
2. 2.
   • A teacher's slide show about the Oregon Trail.
   • A birth certificate from 1902.
3. 3.
   • A home movie of a family trip taken in 1965.
   • A magazine article about the 1906 earthquake, written in 2020.
4. 4.
   • A pair of shoes worn by a runner in the 1960 race.
   • A cartoon made today about the Boston Tea Party.
5. 5.
   • An encyclopedia article about a famous painter.
   • The winning poster hung at the 1980 science fair.
6. 6.
   • A diary entry a soldier wrote the night before a battle.
   • A news special looking back on a flood from ten years ago.
7. 7.
   • A school play about the first Thanksgiving.
   • A newspaper story written on the day of a flood.
8. 8.
   • A town's meeting notes written during the meeting.
   • A map in an atlas showing the routes of explorers, drawn by a modern mapmaker.