Interpretation Tools Needed
Activity
Using the Primary Source Analysis Guide, chose one of the primary sources listed below. What can you infer about the following primary sources?
- Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother (photo) http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b29000/8b29500/8b29516r.jpg
- Election Day (cartoon)
- Woman's Rights by Rev. John Todd, D. D. (1867) excerpt http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/suffrage/todd.html
- School Graduation Autograph Album of Anna Ginsberg, New York, 1908 http://library.du.edu/specoll/Beck/tx066front.cfm
What other questions might you include on a primary source analysis guide?
by Eliza Hamrick and Donna Levene
