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Primary & Secondary Sources Activities & Writing Upper Elementary Social Studies
By The Magical Avocado
Understanding Primary and Secondary sources is crucial in social studies. This set helps upper elementary students (4th, 5th, 6th grade) to practice differentiating between a primary source and a secondary source in a variety of exercises. Excellent for the beginning of the school year, or any time you need to refresh students on the importance of these history resources.
Specifically, this set includes:
· Primary or Secondary Source Maze (with answer sheet)
· Primary and Secondary Source Cut and Paste activity (with answer sheet)
· Primary and Secondary Source Worksheet
· Two writing prompts
This activity is great for:
· First Week Activities
· Formative assessment
· Extension activities
· Centers activity
· Review
· Homework
· Subplans
· Anywhere you want to work with Primary and Secondary sources!
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