WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

English 8 Quarter 4 Week 2

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Name: ____________________________________ Section: ____________________

Learning Objective:

 Expand the content of an outline using notes from primary and secondary
sources.

Time Allotment: 1 week or 5 days

Key Concepts

● Identify if the source would be a Primary Source (P) or Secondary

Source (S)
● Outline the examples, similarities, and differences between Primary
and Secondary Sources through a Venn Diagram
● Complete the blanks provided on the sentences. Summarize and
share the responses. (cloze test with dialogues)
● Decide on a specific well-known historical event and identify primary
and secondary sources that would accurately depict the significance
of historical event.

What is a Primary Source?

A primary source is anything that gives you direct evidence about the people,
events, or phenomena that you are researching. Primary sources will usually be the
main objects of your analysis.

If you are researching the past, you cannot directly access it yourself, so you need
primary sources that were produced at the time by participants or witnesses (e.g.
letters, photographs, newspapers).

If you are researching something current, your primary sources can either
be qualitative or quantitative data that you collect yourself (e.g. through interviews,
surveys, experiments) or sources produced by people directly involved in the topic
(e.g. official documents or media texts).

What is a Secondary Source?

A secondary source is anything that describes, interprets, evaluates, or

analyzes information from primary sources. Common examples include:

 Books, articles and documentaries that synthesize information on a topic

 Synopses and descriptions of artistic works
 Encyclopedias and textbooks that summarize information and ideas
 Reviews and essays that evaluate or interpret something
When you cite a secondary source, it is usually not to analyze it directly. Instead,
you’ll probably test its arguments against new evidence or use its ideas to help
formulate your own.

Exercise 1: Recognize Me!

What to do

Identify whether the sources are Primary or Secondary. Write P if it is

primary and S if it is secondary.

______ 1. A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived
in Idaho in the 1870’s
______ 2. A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s-
1890’s”
______ 3. A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks
______ 4. An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you
found in your grandparents photo album
______ 5. An original World War I uniform worn by your great grandfather
______ 6. An encyclopedia entry on the Vietnam War
______ 7. The diary of Anne Frank - young girl who lived in hiding during the
Holocaust
______ 8. Sheet music that was used to play military tunes during the Revolutionary
War.
______ 9. A website that summarizes Ancient Roman mythology
______ 10. A map of China created during ancient times.

Exercise 2: Venn Diagram

What to do

Using the Venn Diagram, point out the examples, similarities, and differences
between Primary and Secondary Sources.
Exercises 3: Cloze Test

What to do

Read the passage carefully and be mindful of the context clues present.
Choose the correct answers from the choices provided.

Jose Rizal

No self-respecting town in the country is without a statue of the man, or does not

have a major street named after him. Reverence for thinker Dr Jose Rizal, who died

a martyr at age 35 in the last years of __________ (Spanish rule, Japanese Rule)

has spanned a century and spread to foreign lands.

Born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba in Laguna Province, Rizal was to

live a short but eventful life till 1896. He had initially studied ophthalmology to

cure his mother’s ___________ (eye condition, mental condition); he was also a

physician, naturalist, botanist, engineer, linguist, sculptor, musician, composer,

poet, dramatist, novelist, reformist, thinker, and writer.

Rizal’s __________ (two novels, three novels) – Noli Me Tangere ____________

((Touch Me Not), (Don’t Touch Me)) and El Filibusterismo (The Filibusterer) –

were written and published in Europe at the time he led a movement for political

reforms. The novels were deemed incendiary by powerful friars.

He was exiled to ___________ (Dapitan, Butuan) for four years after returning from

Europe. There he set up a school, fixed up the waterworks, and wrote music. He

also won the heart of Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who had accompanied

her foster father to his eye operation. Their brief seaside romance was marred only

by a stillborn son.

Exercises 4: Summary

What to do

Make a summary of your takeaways from the passage you have read above.
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Exercises 5: Reminiscing the Past

What to do

Search for a Historical Event in the Philippines. Then, cite its significance and
deepen it through looking for primary and secondary sources. Present this task
through a Web Diagram. Be sure to justify it accordingly. Below is a guide on how to
craft your own Web Diagram.

Reflection
After having gone through a series of challenging activities, have
you realized the importance of reliable primary/secondary sources and its
significance? Write your understanding by completing the sentence using the given
signals.

I learned that ____________________________________________________________________

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I think that ______________________________________________________________________

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References:
n.d. Voyages in Communication English 8 Learner's Material. Department of Education.
Google Search Engine. www.google.com

Answer Key
Exercises 1: Recognize Me!
1. P
2. P
3. S
4. P
5. P
6. S
7. P
8. P
9. S
10. P
Exercises 2: Venn Diagram: Answers may vary
Exercises 3: Cloze Test
1. Spanish Rule
2. Eye condition
3. Two novels
4. Touch me not
5. Dapitan
Exercises 4: Summary: Answers may vary
Exercises 5: Reminiscing the Past: Answers may vary

Writer

MARJEORY S. CANGKE
Teacher I
Ampayon NHS