Guided Document Analysis Questions for DBQ Primary Sources!
Subject:
World History [1]
1. Summarize the document in two to three sentences. What does it/the author say?
2. Who produced the document? Discuss the author's age, ethnicity, social status, religion, intellectual or political philosophy, etc..
3. When was it produced? Can it be connected with a significant historical event?
4. Who was the intended audience? Was the document written privately, written to be read, or heard by others (if so, who?), an official document for a ruler to read, commission painting, etc..
5. Why was this document produced? What was the purpose or meditation of the writer/producer of the document, based on what you can surmise about them? What effect did the auther hope this document would have?