Subject: Primary Documents (Sources) Twenty Questions Subject: Primary Documents (Sources)

Let's Review Primary Documents or Sources Material created at the time history was being made. 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

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Primary Souces-Twenty Questions Quiz Choose a number and click on it Primary Souces-Twenty Questions Quiz Choose a number and click on it. Then click the arrow to return to this screen. Try to answer all 20 questions! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

A girl found a box of letters written by a soldier to his wife and children during World War II. Are those letters primary documents? Yes

My mother found a diary written by a daughter of a Vietnam War soldier dated from 1970. She talked about what the war was like in Vietnam. Is that a primary document? Yes

I went visit my grandmother. She gave me a chest 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? Yes

I went to the library and found a newspaper written in 2005 about the review of the 5th Harry Potter movie . Is that newspaper a primary document? No

My sister and I went to the museum in town My sister and I went to the museum in town. We saw posters and buttons for the Federal election in 1914. Are those a primary documents? Yes

Our town has a festival each year Our town has a festival each year. In 1999, a newspaper reporter wrote an article on the celebration and festival after attending the event. I found that 1999 newspaper at the library with that article. Is that a primary document? Yes

Yesterday, my brother Will wrote a story about the Colonisation of South Australia which occurred in 1836. Is his story considered a primary document? No

One Australian Prime Minister was Robert Menzies One Australian Prime Minister was Robert Menzies. He gave a “Declaration of War” speech in 1939. There is a film (video clip) of Robert Menzies giving his speech in 1939. Is that news clip a primary document? Yes

One famous painter in the 16th century was Leonardo Da Vinci 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? Yes

At our town museum, I saw many old tools, spinning wheels and other artifacts from the year 1899. Are those items primary documents? Yes

My grandmother wrote letters to her cousin about the John Martin’s Christmas parade in 1959. She found the Father Christmas hat that my granny wore that year. My cousin found the box of letters and the hat and mailed the package to me. Are those primary documents? Yes

I wanted to do a report on how German people arrived here in Adelaide I wanted to do a report on how German people arrived here in Adelaide. 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 Germanic people in South Australia in the 1800’s. Is that a primary source? No

My father told me a story about how the Adelaide festival centre 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? Yes

When I went visit my grandmother last summer, I found a box of old postcards that her father mailed while he was fighting in World War I. Are those postcards primary documents? Yes

A month ago, I read a book about World War I A month ago, I read a book about World War I. I enjoyed learning about the war very much. I had to make a report, so I wrote my research paper on how World War I began in 1914. Is my report considered a primary document? No

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? Yes

When my Mum was born, my grandmother started a diary for my mother When my Mum 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 Mum’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? Yes

At a museum in Mt. Barker, a historian found a letter written by James Cronk in 1837 about the observations of the Peramangk People. Is that letter a primary document? Yes

I was looking in the attic for information about my Grandfather I was looking in the attic for information about my Grandfather. I found his birth certificate, his high school certificate, some letters he wrote during World War II, his uniform, his wedding ring and his marriage certificate to my Grandmother. Are those all primary documents? Yes

My Grandfather sang a song on old recorder My 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 an old French song. Is that audio recording a primary document? Yes

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