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