Activity 22.2:

Primary or Secondary Source?

In the space provided after each of the items listed below, write "P" if the item is a primary historical source or "S" if it is a secondary source.

1. An essay written by an eighth grader in 1935
2. A 1945 photograph of a high school cheerleading squad
3. A magazine article describing a school board meeting in 1920
4. A World War II veteran's description of an air raid
5. A history textbook
6. A description of a scientific experiment carried out by one of the authors of this textbook
7. A complete set of the Encyclopedia Britannica for years 1949-1953
8. Music charts composed for use by the Benny Goodman sextet in the 1930s
9. A newspaper editorial commenting on the death of John F. Kennedy