First-hand accounts of an event created by eyewitnesses or first recorders.

• Tertiary sources
• Primary sources
• Secondary sources
• Historical interpretations

Accounts of events created at a later date by someone who was not present at the event.

• Historical documents
• Tertiary sources
• Primary sources
• Secondary sources

Examining a document to inquire about who, when, where, why the document was created along with identifying the type of document.

• Secondary Source

• Historical Understanding

• Sourcing

• Point of View

Considering when and where a document was produced

• Contextualizing

• Point of View

• Purpose

• Organization

Who was the document made for and who would have been interested in it

• Intended Audience

• Purpose

• Sourcing

• Historical Understanding

An opinion or perspective presented by the author of the document

• Point of View

• Purpose

• Sourcing

• Intended Audience