STUDENT ACTIVITY 4:

Complete One Primary Source Analysis Guide per Group and Present to Class your Historical Findings:

Primary Source Analysis Guide to Historical Thinking
(PRINT DOCUMENT) Adapted from Drake & Brown (2003)

Identify the Document
Author or Source:
Title:
Date:
Type of Document:

Analyze the Document
Main Idea of the Document:
Relationship to Content of Other Documents (1st, 2nd or 3rd):
Preceding Conditions that Motivated Author:
Intended Audience and Purpose:
Biases of Author:
Questions to Ask the Author:

Historical Context
Local/Regional Relevant People, Events, Ideas of the Time:
National People, Events, Ideas of the Time:
World People, Events Ideas of the Time:
Conclusions about Local, National, World at Time:

Historical Habit of Mind and Vital Theme and Narrative
Identify Habit of Mind:
Suspend Judgments / Not apply the Present / Empathy / Historical Imagination
The way you used Historical Habit of Mind to Analyze Document:
Identify Vital Theme and Narrative:
Evidence the Document Represents Theme and Narrative:
Evidence the Document Relates to Other Documents through this Theme and Narrative:

Relationship to Other Aspects of Social Studies: Circle All That Apply
Geography Civics Economics Religion Political Science Social Culture
Evidence from Document to support your choices:


Primary Source Analysis Guide to Historical Thinking
(PHOTO OR IMAGE) Adapted from Drake & Brown (2003)

Identify the Document
Author or Source:
Title:
Date:
Type of Document:

Analyze the Source
Main Idea of the Source:
What Do You See (people, objects etc) in the image?
What Are People, if any doing in this image?
Who Do You Think These People Are?
What Does This Image Tell You About Ways of Living?
When Do You Think This Image Was Created?
Why Do You Think This Image Was Created?
What Happened to Motivate the Producer of the Image?
Who was The Intended Audience?
Relationship to Other Sources being Studied:
Biases of Image Producer:
Questions to Ask the Image Producer:

Historical Context
Local/Regional Relevant People, Events, Ideas of the Time:
National People, Events, Ideas of the Time:
World People, Events Ideas of the Time:
Conclusions about Local, National, World at Time:

Historical Habit of Mind and Vital Theme and Narrative
Identify Habit of Mind:
Suspend Judgments / Not apply the Present / Empathy / Historical Imagination
The way you used Historical Habit of Mind to Analyze Document:
Identify Vital Theme and Narrative:
Evidence the Document Represents Theme and Narrative:
Evidence the Document Relates to Other Documents through this Theme and Narrative:

Relationship to Other Aspects of Social Studies: Circle All That Apply
Geography Civics Economics Religion Political Science Social Culture
Evidence from Document to support your choices: