APPENDIX 2
Written Document Analysis Worksheet[1]

 1. TYPE OF DOCUMENT (Check one):

 

 

2. UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE DOCUMENT (Check one or more):

___ Interesting letterhead ___ Handwritten ___ Typed ___ Seals

___ Notations ___ "RECEIVED" stamp ___ Other

 

3. DATE(S) OF DOCUMENT:                                                                                         

4. AUTHOR (OR CREATOR) OF THE DOCUMENT:                                                                      

POSITION (TITLE):                                                                                            

5. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN?                                         

                                                                                                                                   

6. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer A-E.)

A. List three things the author said that you think are important:

      1.                                                                                                                    

      2.                                                                                                                    

      3.                                                                                                                    

 

B. Why do you think this document was written?

 

C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document.

 

 

D. List two things the document tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written:

 

E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document:

 

 

 

 

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Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.