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ELA - Literacy.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 ActivityELA - Literacy.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1 Activity
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Do your pupils know what a primary source is? How about a secondary source? Provide them with the information here about different types of documents and then test their knowledge with a brief quiz. The quiz is made up of two documents. Class members answer questions about the features of the documents.

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text features, secondary sources

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Primary Source, secondary source, text features, english language arts
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Types
Activities & Projects
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For Teacher Use
Year
2013
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Common Core

RH.9-10.1

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