Social Studies Primary Source Analysis
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Create a primary source analysis activity for Grade [grade] social studies on [historical topic].

Details:
- Topic: [historical period or event]
- Source type: [photograph/document/artifact/map]
- Source: [description or title]
- Grade: [grade]
- Standards: [list]

PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS

BEFORE ANALYSIS
- Background context: [2-3 sentences]
- Vocabulary needed: [5 words]
- Guiding question: [overarching question]

OBSERVE
Look carefully at the source.
List everything you notice:
- People: [what you see]
- Objects: [what you see]
- Setting: [where/when clues]
- Words or text: [if present]
- Colors or details: [significant ones]

QUESTION
What questions does this raise?
- I wonder why...
- I want to know more about...
- This makes me question...
- Who created this and why?

INFER
Using what you observed make inferences:
- This was created during [time period] because...
- The person who made this probably thought...
- This tells me that people at this time...
- The purpose of this source was...

CONNECT
- Connect to prior knowledge: [prompt]
- Connect to other sources: [prompt]
- Connect to today: [prompt]

WRITE
Using this primary source as evidence write:
[Short paragraph prompt using source as evidence]

EXTENSION
- Compare to secondary source
- Find another primary source from same period
- Create own primary source document

ASSESSMENT
- Observation accuracy: [1-4]
- Inference quality: [1-4]
- Written response: [1-4]

Source: https://promptzyo.com/prompt/social-studies-primary-source-analysis