Western Kentucky University Written Primary Source Analysis
Description
analyze ONE document from any of the chapters 17 or 19, I will include documents from chapters 17 and 19.
Use this 9-point analysis sheet.
Analyzing a Written Primary Source
What kind of source is this? _____________________________
Who wrote the source? How can you identify the author? Was the source translated by someone other than the author or speaker? ___________________________________________________________
When and where was it written? ___________________________________________________________
Why was the source written? Is there a clear purpose? ___________________________________________________________
Who was, or who might have been, its intended audience? ___________________________________________________________
- What point of view does it reflect? ___________________________________________________________
- What can the source tell us about the individual(s) who produced it and the society from which he, she, or they came? _____________________________________________________
- How might individuals’ race, ethnicity, class gender, age, and region have affected the viewpoints in the source? ___________________________________________________________
- In what ways does the larger historical context help you evaluate individual sources?
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