Historical sources quiz for Grade 2 students

📜 Quick Study Guide

• 🖼️ Historical sources are things from the past that tell us about history.
• ✍️ Examples include old letters, diaries, and books.
• 🏺 Old tools, toys, and clothes are also historical sources.
• 🏛️ Buildings and monuments can teach us about the past too.
• 🧭 We can learn about what people did, how they lived, and what they believed from these sources.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of these is a historical source?
   1. A brand new toy car.
   2. An old photograph.
   3. A drawing you made today.


2. What can old letters tell us about?
   1. What people ate long ago.
   2. How fast cars can drive today.
   3. What cartoons are on TV now.


3. Which of these is NOT a historical source?
   1. A very old building.
   2. A newspaper from yesterday.
   3. A video game from last year.


4. What can old tools tell us about?
   1. How people built houses long ago.
   2. What people will eat tomorrow.
   3. How to play the newest video games.


5. What can old clothes tell us about?
   1. What colors people liked long ago.
   2. How to fly an airplane.
   3. How to build a robot.


6. Which of these is a written historical source?
   1. An ancient coin.
   2. A diary from 1920.
   3. A stone tool.


7. What can monuments tell us about?
   1. Important people or events from the past.
   2. What your favorite superhero is doing.
   3. How to bake a cake.