Primary Source Quiz
Which of the following is NOT a primary source?
All of these answers could be primary sources.
What will BEST help you assess a historian's interpretation?
Reading a primary source for myself
True or False: Secondary sources use primary sources as evidence to describe a particular time period.
True
True or False: You should pay attention to the primary source's title.
True
What is a primary source?
A primary source is a historical document or artifact created during a particular time period that reflects the politics, economics, society, culture or religion of the time.
True or False: A painting is not a primary source.
False
True or False: Everyone will come to the same conclusion after reading the same primary source.
False
True or false: History is void of interpretation. History is the presentation of facts.
False
Are primary source authors biased?
Yes
Good historians read primary and secondary sources as:
a detective would, with curiosity, detachment, and suspicion