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Write a "p" next to the item if you believe it is a primary source and an "s" if you think it is a secondary source. Be ready to defend your answer!

1. _____Social Studies Textbook

2. _____Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

3. _____Photograph of a Civil War Battlefield

4. _____Civil War Battlefield Map

5. _____Nonfiction Book on the Civil War

6. _____1997 Kids Discover Magazine article on the Civil War

7. _____Abraham Lincoln’s Political Poster

8. _____1863 Harper’s Weekly Newspaper Article8.

9. _____Biography on Lincoln

     10. _____Autobiography on Lincoln

     11. _____Encyclopedia Article on Civil War

     12. _____1860s Political Cartoon

     13. _____Civil War Provisions Artifact

     14. Name three other primary sources from this period in history.

                1. ________________________________________________

                2. ________________________________________________

                3. ________________________________________________

15. What do historians use to gather facts and write an accurate account of a specific period in history?

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