English 7 LEARNING WORKSHEET 4

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Quarter 2
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Title of the Activity: Researching a Topic

Learning Competency: EN7SS-II-h-2.1: Gather current information from newspapers and other
print and nonprint media

Activity 1. Directions: Identify if the given item is a primary, secondary or tertiary source. Write
your answers in the space provided.

__________________________1. A document or other record of past events created by

someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.
__________________________2. Social Media: Pins on Pinterest, re-tweets, shared posts or
links to other content
__________________________3. Artwork
__________________________4. Eyewitness reports (photographs, interviews)
__________________________5. Handbooks
__________________________6. Eyewitness accounts, including photographs and recorded
interviews.
__________________________7. Guide books, including the one you are now reading.
__________________________8. The literature review portion of a journal article.
__________________________9. Records of organizations and government agencies.
__________________________10. An article or web site that synthesizes expert opinion and
several eyewitness accounts for a new understanding of an event.

Activity 2. Directions: Below are different sources of information. Provide examples of sources of
information based on the classifications.
Biography Advertisement Almanacs Review article Photograph
Actual footage of an event Diaries Dictionaries Video of an event
Bibliographies

Primary Secondary Tertiary