Primary Quiz

Subject: Primary Documents (Sources)

3rd & 4th Grade

Letters

Diaries

Maps

Period clothing

Early toys

Videos

Audio recordings

Newspaper clippings

Photographs

Newsreels

Blueprints

Illustrations

Old postcards

Documents

Relics, artifacts, antiques, etc.

Old tools

Eyewitness accounts

Drawings

Old posters

Material created at the time history was being made.

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A girl found a box of letters written by a soldier to his

wife and children during the Civil War. Are those letters

primary documents?

My grandmother found a diary written by a daughter of a

Civil War soldier dated from 1863-1865. She talked about

what the war was like in New Orleans. Is that a primary

document?

I went visit my grandmother. She gave me a chest. The

chest was filled with her childhood items. She told me that

she loved her doll and toys. When I opened it, I found her

toys, some photographs and her birth certificate. Are those

things primary documents?

I went to the library and found a newspaper written in 2005

about the first Louisiana Indian tribes. Is that newspaper a

primary document?

My sister and I went to the museum in town. We saw

posters and buttons for the Governor’s race from 1980. Are

those a primary documents?

Our town has a festival each year. In 1999, a newspaper

reporter wrote an article on the celebration and festival. I

found that 1999 newspaper at the library with that article. Is

that a primary document?

Yesterday, my brother Sam wrote a story about the

Louisiana Purchase which occurred in 1803. Is his story

considered a primary document?

One Louisiana Governor was Huey P. Long. He gave a

“Share the Wealth” speech in 1934. There is a film (video

clip) of Huey Long giving his speech in 1934. Is that news

clip a primary document?

One famous painter in the 16th century was Leonardo Da

Vinci. He painted a special picture called the “Mona Lisa.”

That original painting is hanging in a museum in France. Is

that a primary document?

At our town museum, I saw many old tools, spinning wheels

and other artifacts from the year 1899. Are those items

primary documents?

My grandmother wrote letters to her cousin about Mardi

Gras festivals in New Orleans in 1959. She found the mask

that my granny wore that year. My cousin found the box of

letters and the mask and mailed the package to me. Are

those primary documents?

I wanted to do a report on how Acadian people arrived here

in Louisiana. I interviewed someone who knew about it. I

couldn’t interview anyone who was there, because they are

not living anymore. I made a video last week about Acadian

life in the 1800’s. Is that a primary source?

My father told me a story about how the Superdome was

built in the 1970’s. My dad was 19 years old when it opened

in 1975. He said he remembers everything about the

opening. My dad told me the story. He took pictures and

bought souvenirs that day. Would the story he told me, the

photos and other items be considered primary sources?

When I went visit my great grandmother last summer, I

found a box of old postcards that her grandfather mailed

while he was fighting in World War I. Are those postcards

primary documents?

A month ago, I read a book about the Civil War. I enjoyed

learning about the Civil War very much. I had to make a

report, so I wrote my research paper on how the Civil War

began in 1861. Is my report considered a primary

document?

When I went to the library last week, I saw a map that was

made in 1960. It shows the streets and roads in my town at

that time. It was a surveyors map that the mayor of the

town wanted to have printed at that time. Is that 1960 map a

primary document?

When my mom was born, my grandmother started a diary

for my mother. She wrote about what was happening at the

time she was born. In the diary, she also put my mom’s birth

certificate, baby pictures, newspaper articles, a snip of her

hair and the document with her baby handprints and

footprints. Are those all primary documents?

At a museum in Washington D.C., a historian found a letter

written by Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Is that letter a primary

document?

I was looking in the attic for information about my great, great

grandfather. I found his birth certificate, his high school diploma,

some letters he wrote during World War II, his uniform, his

wedding ring and his marriage certificate to my great, great

grandmother. Are those all primary documents?

My great grandfather sang a song on old recorder. The

museum has the audio tape of his singing. On the tape his

says the year is 1935 and then he sings his old French

song. Is that audio recording a primary document?