The following guides provide information on reading historical primary sources. Maps, as well, even contemporary ones, are primary sources that can be analyzed and evaluated. 

• Using Critical Thinking to Read Primary Sources
• Reading Primary Sources: Letters
• Reading Primary Sources: Newspaper Advertisements
• Reading Primary Sources: Newspaper Editorials
• Reading Primary Sources: Narratives of Enslaved People
• Reading Newspapers: Reader Contributions
• Reading Newspapers: Factual Reporting
• Analyzing Political Cartoons