Primary vs Secondary Sources — Drills · Grade 6 Social Studies
Chapter: Geography & the Tools of HistoryWhat these drills covers
By the end of Primary vs Secondary Sources you should be able to:
- I can explain primary vs secondary sources with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- I can distinguish a supported observation from an inference in the supplied evidence case.
- I can justify a comparison or conclusion and explain a meaningful limit.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: primary source, secondary source, point of view (bias), corroborate.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
Yes. It directly records that recollection, while elapsed time limits what it establishes about the earlier event.
Yes. It directly records that recollection, while elapsed time limits what it establishes about the earlier event.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
A secure verbal statement of its owner’s name, laws or beliefs without a justified decipherment.
A secure verbal statement of its owner’s name, laws or beliefs without a justified decipherment.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
That the ruler or administration promoted that image, rather than that every claimed achievement occurred as described.
That the ruler or administration promoted that image, rather than that every claimed achievement occurred as described.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
No. Trace their shared source and seek genuinely additional evidence.
No. Trace their shared source and seek genuinely additional evidence.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.