Saturday, February 21, 2009

PRIMARY SOURCE ANAYLYSIS SHEETS

Figure 1
PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS GUIDE: Print Documents
Copyright Frederick D. Drake, 2001.

1. Identify the Document
Author(s) or source____________________________________________
Title________________________________________________________
Date________________________________________________________
Type of Document_____________________________________________


2. Analyze the Document
Main idea of the document_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Relationship to other documents (How does the content relate to the 1st-2nd- and/or 3rd order documents?)_________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Preceding conditions that motivated the author________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Intended audience and purpose____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Biases of the author_____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Questions to ask the author________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

3. Historical Context
Local/Regional: people, events, and ideas of the time____________________
_____________________________________________________________________
National: people, events, and ideas of the time__________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
World: people, events, and ideas of the time____________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Conclusions about local/regional, national, and world context at the time______
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

4. Identify the Habit of Mind and Vital Theme and Narrative Represented
Habit of Mind_____________________________________________________
The way you used this Habit of Mind to analyze the document_______________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Vital Theme and Narrative____________________________________________
Evidence the document represents this Vital Theme and Narrative_____________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Evidence the document relates to other documents (1st-/2nd-/3rd order) through this Vital Theme and Narrative______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

5. Relationship to a Discipline in the Social Sciences/Social Studies
Discipline_________________________________________________________
Evidence of relationship______________________________________________
NCSS Theme______________________________________________________
Evidence of Relationship_____________________________________________


Figure2
PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS GUIDE: Photograph/Image
Copyright Frederick D. Drake, 2001.


1. Identify the Document
Author(s) or source____________________________________________
Title________________________________________________________
Date________________________________________________________
Type of Document_____________________________________________

2. Analyze the Document
Main idea of the source__________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
What do you see (people or objects) 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?______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Preceding conditions that motivated the producer of the image_______________
_______________________________________________________________________
Intended audience and purpose________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Relationship to other sources (How does the content relate to the 1st-2nd- and/or 3rd order sources?)_________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Biases of the image’s producer ________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Questions to ask the image’s producer___________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

3. Historical Context
Local/Regional: people, events, and ideas of the time____________________
_____________________________________________________________________
National: people, events, and ideas of the time__________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
World: people, events, and ideas of the time____________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Conclusions about local/regional, national, and world context at the time______
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

4. Identify the Habit of Mind and Vital Theme and Narrative Represented
Habit of Mind_____________________________________________________
The way you used this Habit of Mind to analyze the image__________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Vital Theme and Narrative____________________________________________
Evidence the image represents this Vital Theme and Narrative_____________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Evidence the image relates to other sources (1st-2nd- and/or 3rd order) through this Vital Theme and Narrative__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

5. Relationship to a Discipline in the Social Sciences/Social Studies
Discipline_________________________________________________________
Evidence of relationship______________________________________________
NCSS Theme______________________________________________________
Evidence of Relationship_____________________________________________

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