Questions
Answer the questions in a separate Word document using complete sentences in
Q&A format (not essay format).
Q&A format (not essay format).
1) What is the title of your document? What type of primary source document is this?
(Examples of types of primary sources: newspaper article, letter, speech, government document,
essay, interview, journal entry, court record, law, act, etc.) (answer should be at least 2 sentences
long)
(Examples of types of primary sources: newspaper article, letter, speech, government document,
essay, interview, journal entry, court record, law, act, etc.) (answer should be at least 2 sentences
long)
2) What are three things you learned from the document you chose about the moment in
history it covered? (answer should be at least 1-2 paragraphs long)
history it covered? (answer should be at least 1-2 paragraphs long)
3) For this question, summarize and analyze your document. Make sure your summary
addresses the following: (answer should be at least 2-3 paragraphs long)
a. Who wrote it?
b. Who is the intended audience?
c. What is the purpose of the document?
d. What potential biases does the author have?
e. Summarize the documents major points
f. What is the value of this document? How does this document help us understand this
historical moment?
addresses the following: (answer should be at least 2-3 paragraphs long)
a. Who wrote it?
b. Who is the intended audience?
c. What is the purpose of the document?
d. What potential biases does the author have?
e. Summarize the documents major points
f. What is the value of this document? How does this document help us understand this
historical moment?
4) How does this document relate to the material you have heard in the lecture? A LECTURE SLIDE ATTACHED UNDER THE FILE SECTION (Make sure you
engage with the lecture material and primary source equally in this answer. You need to show
how the document and lecture are in conversation with one another. The answer should be at least
1-2 paragraphs long.)
engage with the lecture material and primary source equally in this answer. You need to show
how the document and lecture are in conversation with one another. The answer should be at least
1-2 paragraphs long.)
5) How could a historian use this source? In other words, what information do we get from
this document that we couldnt get elsewhere? (answer should be at least 1 paragraph long)
this document that we couldnt get elsewhere? (answer should be at least 1 paragraph long)