Think Like an Historian About Primary Source Documents
Scaffolding For Critical Reading - Who do you think created the
document? Can you tell? - Who is the targeted audience? (Please
consider age, gender, class, culture) - What general time period
was this document created? - What does it say about the culture
during that time period? - What style is represented:
persuasive, reflective, informational (please be aware of
language, tone or the font size) - How accurate are the
documents? Are they based on fact or opinion? - Did they obtain
their objective? - Are there biases presented by the document or
picture? - What are the key ideas, best supported ideas,
interesting or unique information?