1. Look at the
document you've been given. What type of primary source is it?
____official record
____photograph/film ____cartoon
____letter ____map
____poster
____diary/journal
____artwork ____sound recording
____reminiscence
____advertisement ____artifact
____oral history
____newspaper ____book
2. Carefully examine
the document and describe what you see (dates, stamps, names, notations,
numbers, symbols, etc.).
3. Who created
this document?
4. Why do you
think this document was created?
5. For whom was
this document intended?
6. List three
things you learned about life at this time in history by studying
this document.
7. Write three
new questions that you now have about the subject.
*This worksheet
was modified from the original developed by the Education Staff, National
Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.
