Source Analysis Formative

What is a primary source?

• A textbook summarizing historical events

• An original document or artifact created during the time period being studied

• A biography created about an historical figure

• A scholarly article analyzing past events

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• A textbook
• An interview

• a text message

• journal or diary entry

What are you looking for when you are analyzing the text of the source?

• what evidence is readable or visible

• biased or opinion

• background information not given in the source

• intended audience of the source

what are you looking for when you are analyzing the context of a source?

• Purpose of the source

• Point of view of the source

• the historical background and outside information

• the information provided by the source

What are you looking for when you are analyzing the subtext of a source?

• the historical background

• the outside information

• what is readable and visible

• the intended audience purpose and point of view

which of the following answers best represents text analysis?

• tanks approach a man on a crosswalk

• at the time Chinese students were protesting for democracy

• this dude is lost

• this was created for a news outlet to cover the protests

which of the following answers best represents subtext analysis?

• tanks approach a man on a crosswalk

• at the time Chinese students were protesting for democracy

• this dude is lost

• this was created for a news outlet to cover the protests

which of the following answers best represents context analysis?

• tanks approach a man on a crosswalk

• at the time Chinese students were protesting for democracy

• this dude is lost

• this was created for a news outlet to cover the protests