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Notice
JULY 3 AND 4 HOLIDAY NOTICE: The Thomas Jefferson Building will be open to visitors with timed-entry tickets on Friday July 3rd, and Saturday July 4, from 10:00am – 5:00pm. The Main Reading Room and The Source will be open to the public from 10:00am – 5:00pm. All other reading rooms are closed in observance of the federal holiday, and there will be no research availability or reader registration on both days.

Program Teachers

Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool

Primary Source Analysis Tool for Students

Students can use this simple tool to examine and analyze any kind of primary source and record their responses.

Observe, Question, Reflect

Primary Source Analysis Tool (56 KB)

Students can download and fill in this PDF, then save, print, e-mail, or upload it.

Or, they can print it and fill it in by hand.

Teacher's Guides

Teachers can select prompting questions from a Teacher’s Guide as needed to support students through an analysis process of observing, reflecting, questioning and investigating further.