Internet History Sourcebook (created by Fordham University, this has a number of excerpts of longer primary sources)
Step 3. Write one analytical paragraph (similar to what you did for research assignment #1) that considers the following questions:
What kind of primary source is it?
Who is the intended audience?
What is the purpose of the source?
What is the historical context in which the source was written and read?
How might the author’s gender, race, or socioeconomic class compare to those of the people about whom he or she is writing?
What unspoken assumptions does the source contain?