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Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources ActivityNlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources Activity
Publisher
Library and Archives Canada
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2nd - 9th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
890L
Activity

Nlc: Defining Primary and Secondary Sources

Curated by ACT

Libraries and archives hold documents and books that can be used for your research projects. Learn how to divide and identify them into primary and secondary sources in this tutorial.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

primary sources, secondary sources

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.9 RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.6-8.6 W.3.8 W.5.8 W.4.8 W.2.8 RI.6.9 CCRA.W.8 W.6.8 RI.5.7

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