National Archives History Activity
Meet the document
1) What is unique about your document?
2) Is it handwritten or typed?
3) If there are any words in the document that you don’t know, look them up and write their definition here.
Getting to know your document
1) Who wrote this document?
2) Who read or received this document?
3) What is the date of the document?
Making sense of your document
1) What is the main idea of the document?
2) List two quotes (words from the document) that help support the main idea.
3) Why do you think this document was written?
Using your document as historical evidence
1) Where do you think you could find out more information about the persons who wrote or received this document?
2) Where do you think you could find out more information about this event?