Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Timelinks Grade 5 What are Primary and Secondary Sources?

Now more than ever everyone needs to know Critical Thinking.  How do we evaluate a source? What criteria do we use? How do we know that a source is credible? Should we believe or not?





  
Read pages  7-11
Key Terms
pamphlet - a short publication. 
encyclopedia  - a book or a set of books that categorizes information  

Pronunication
usually           u zha li 
encyclopedia  en si klo pe de a 

Questions:
What is a primary source? 
Give an example.
What is is a secondary source? 
Give an example. 
Who was Thomas Paine? What did he write? Is this Primary or Secondary source? 
Who was Abigail Adams? What did she write? Is this a Primary or Secondary source? 

Which type of source do you most rely on? 
How can we tell the difference between a primary source or a secondary source? 

Tell about a modern primary source.
Tell about a modern secondary source. 

Homework: 
Write a diary entry for what you did yesterday. 
Is this a primary or a secondary source? 


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