Worked example
Which source directly shows what a street looked like in 1950?
Answer & why
Answer: a dated photograph from 1950
The photograph is visual evidence from the stated time.
Grade 3 · Social studies
Choose a source for a history question
Match a question to a relevant record or firsthand account.
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All 8 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
Which source directly records a person's spoken recollection?
- a dated photograph from 1950
- a recorded oral-history interview
- the object itself
- the traveler's diary
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: a recorded oral-history interview
An oral history records the person's remembered experience.
Question 2
Which source directly shows an object's construction material?
- the object itself
- a dated photograph from 1950
- the original ticket
- the traveler's diary
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: the object itself
Examining the object provides direct material evidence.
Question 3
Which source directly shows what a street looked like in 1950?
- a dated photograph from 1950
- the traveler's diary
- a town map dated 1920
- the original ticket
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: a dated photograph from 1950
The photograph is visual evidence from the stated time.
Question 4
Which source directly records a traveler's words from a trip?
- the original ticket
- the traveler's diary
- a town map dated 1920
- the meeting minutes
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: the traveler's diary
A diary can preserve that person's firsthand words.
Question 5
Which source directly shows the price printed on an old ticket?
- the original ticket
- a town map dated 1920
- the meeting minutes
- the original advertisement
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: the original ticket
The ticket itself carries the printed price.
Question 6
Which source directly shows a town's mapped roads in 1920?
- the original advertisement
- a town map dated 1920
- a recorded oral-history interview
- the meeting minutes
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: a town map dated 1920
The dated map provides evidence of roads shown at that time.
Question 7
Which source directly records decisions at a meeting?
- the object itself
- the original advertisement
- the meeting minutes
- a recorded oral-history interview
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: the meeting minutes
Minutes are a record of the meeting's proceedings.
Question 8
Which source directly shows the words of a past advertisement?
- a recorded oral-history interview
- the original advertisement
- the object itself
- a dated photograph from 1950
A hint
Ask when a source was made and what it can directly show; one source rarely answers every question.
Answer & why
Answer: the original advertisement
The advertisement preserves its actual printed wording.