Questions about the Primary and Secondary Sources poster

What’s on the Primary and Secondary Sources poster?

PRIMARY against SECONDARY, side by side. PRIMARY: Made at the time by someone there; PRIMARY: A diary, a letter, a photograph; PRIMARY: An object, a map, a speech; PRIMARY: Closest to what happened; PRIMARY: Still only one point of view; SECONDARY: Made later by someone who was not there; SECONDARY: A textbook, a documentary; SECONDARY: An encyclopaedia article; SECONDARY: Gathers many sources together; SECONDARY: Can spot patterns one witness cannot; Primary sources are closer but narrower. Secondary sources are broader but further aw…. Always ask: who made this, when, and what did they want the reader to think?

Who is the Primary and Secondary Sources poster for?

Primary and Secondary Sources is filed under 5th Grade (ages 10–11), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting social studies, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Primary and Secondary Sources poster?

For any historical claim, ask which kind of source it came from. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Primary and Secondary Sources belongs on the wall where that social studies work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Primary and Secondary Sources?

3 Branches of Government, Reading a Region Map and Adding Unlike Fractions sit alongside Primary and Secondary Sources in the 5th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.3 Branches of GovernmentReading a Region MapAdding Unlike Fractions

Is the Primary and Secondary Sources poster free to download and print?

Yes. Primary and Secondary Sources downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 5th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Primary and Secondary Sources poster print at?

Primary and Secondary Sources is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Primary and Secondary Sources loses nothing.Printing guide