Document Analysis Guide

How Does it Read?

Observe

Think

Ask

Read Carefully to determine what the document reveals.

• When was the document written?
• Who wrote the document?
• What is the physical setting?
• What battle was being fought and where?
• What was the person's point of view?

Summarize what you already know about the situation and time period.

• What do you know about this time period in America's history?
• Why do you think the colonists and British fought a battle that day?
• Who fired the first shot?

Do you have any unanswered questions?

• What questions do you have after reading these accounts?
• Where would you look for more information about this time period?