Activity 1: Is It P or S?
Directions: Determine if the source would be a Primary Source or a secondary
Source. Write Pif it is primary and Sif it is secondary source. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.
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1) A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.
2) A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical battle.
3) Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.
4) A cartoon showing how Pocahontas met John Smith.
5) A text book describing the civil rights movement.
6) A news report about the opening of a power plant.
7) A scientist explaining what it was like for Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon.
8) A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
9) An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.
10) A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.​