Humanities Homework Help

Instructions for the Primary Source Analysis Sheet are in the Course Home/Information Pages. Please submit the assignment here.

Remember, you are researching TWO documents. The dates of the documents must be 1831-1865, and the documents must be related to United States history and to each other. If you choose recent documents, be absolutely sure that they are primary and not secondary. Choosing a secondary document will negatively affect your grade. Copy and paste the worksheet below into your word processing program.

2 PRIMARY SOURCES

ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

TYPES OF DOCUMENTS:

_____NEWSPAPER _____PHOTOGRAPH

1. _____LETTER _____TELEGRAM

_____CONGRESSIONAL RECORD _____BILL/LAW

_____POLITCAL CARTOON _____PRESS RELEASE

_____DIARY ENTRY _____REPORT

_____OTHER (BE SPECIFIC):

WEB ADDRESS OF DOCUMENT 1:

WEB ADDRESS OF DOCUMENT 2:

DATE(S) OF THE DOCUMENTS:

AUTHORS (OR CREATORS) OF THE DOCUMENTS:

FOR WHAT AUDIENCES WERE THE DOCUMENTS WRITTEN?

1. QUOTE 3 THINGS STATED IN EACH DOCUMENT THAT YOU THINK ARE IMPORTANT AND EXPLAIN WHY EACH IS IMPORTANT:
2. A.
3. B.
4. C.

D.

E.

F.

6. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHY YOU THINK THESE DOCUMENTS ARE RELATED:

7. WHAT EVIDENCE IN THE DOCUMENTS HELPED YOU TO KNOW HOW THEY ARE HISTORICALLY CONNECTED?

8. LIST AND EXPLAIN AT LEAST 2 THINGS THE DOCUMENTS, WHEN CONSIDERED TOGETHER, TELL YOU ABOUT LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME THE DOCUMENTS WERE WRITTEN.

A.

B.

9. WRITE A PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING HOW THESE TWO DOCUMENTS, TOGETHER, SUPPORT A HISTORICAL CONCLUSION.