Using Primary Sources
BACKGROUND OF THE PRIMARY SOURCE
Primary Source:
Creator:
Date:
Background of the source:
ANALYZING THE PRIMARY SOURCE
What powerful words or phrases were used?
What purpose did the creator have? What makes you think this was the purpose?
What was the primary source’s audience?
What biases or stereotypes did you see in the primary source?
What key points did the creator of the primary source make?
SUMMARIZING THE PRIMARY SOURCE
What are two conclusions you can draw about the topic from this source? For each conclusion,
provide details from the source that support your conclusion.
Conclusions:
Supportive details or evidence:
Questions for further study: What questions do you still have about the topic or that could be the
used to guide further investigation on the topic?