Appendix 2 An Empty Primary Source Analysis Tool and a Full Primary Source Analysis Tool with Guiding Questions Observe Reflect Question What type of document is this? What is the purpose of this document? Why is this document significant? Have you seen a document like this before? When was this document written? Who created this document? Where was this document produced? Does this document refer to a specific location? What tools and materials were used to make the document? How is the document organized? What geographic references are made in the document? If you can identify who created the document, what do you know about the creator? Can you tell what was an important issue or event at the time this document was made? What was important in the political, cultural, economic, or physical situation at the time this document was made? In what context was this document created? What can or did you learn from the document? Can you identify any events or actions that this document is influenced by or connected to? Who is the intended audience for the document? What is the main idea of the document? What do you wonder about for this document? What question would you ask the author that is unanswered in the document?
Appendix 3 Primary Sources for Gallery Walk and Primary Source Analysis Tools
Observe Reflect Question What languages do the words What is the form of the image (painting, print, photograph, drawing)? Can you determine who created the image? What words are on the image? Is the image black and white or in color? What types of transportation are in the image? Are there objects are in the image? Do you recognize them? What are they used for? Describe the landscape and physical features in the image. What geographic event / issue / problem does this image illustrate? If there is no date, when do you think the image was made? What place or region does this image show? Can you identify a geographic theme (region, place, movement, physical system, human environment interaction, etc.) for this image? What is the most likely purpose (audience) for this image? What seems to be missing from the image? What inferences or connections can you make from the image? What was the likely motivation of the creator of the image? What is the bias or point of view of this image? How is this image connect to other documents, maps, recordings, images, or artifacts? Why is this image significant? What geographic questions would you like to ask the creator of this image? Would it be difficult to find the location of this image? Explain why or why not.
Observe Reflect Question What is the title of this What was the most likely purpose for this Why is the map significant or important? How do you know? What is the date of this When was this map published? Are there other dates referenced on this Who is the author or cartographer of this Who produced this What area of the world does this map What kinds of symbols are on this What kinds of labels are on this What colors are on the Is there a legend on the What do you know about this time period? What do any other dates on this map Does this map illustrate or describe spatial patterns (movement, connections, etc.)? Describe the spatial patterns illustrated on this map (movement, connections, ecosystems, etc). What was the motivation of the organization or person making the Have you ever seen a map similar to this one? What does the map show (physical characteristics, human patterns)? What is the bias or point of view of this What seems to be missing from the What is the significance of the date of the How does this map connect to other time periods and the time period under study? How could you use this map to understand the present? How does this map illustrate human, physical, economic, societal, cultural, and political conditions for the time when the map was made? What sources may have been used to make this Do you see any bias / perspective in this How does this map connect to other primary, secondary, or tertiary resources? About what does this map leave you curious?
Observe Reflect Question What is the title of this What was the most likely purpose for this Why is the map significant or important? How do you know? What is the date of this When was this map published? Are there other dates referenced on this Who is the author or cartographer of this Who produced this What area of the world does this map What kinds of symbols are on this What kinds of labels are on this What colors are on the Is there a legend on the What do you know about this time period? What do any other dates on this map Does this map illustrate or describe spatial patterns (movement, connections, etc.)? Describe the spatial patterns illustrated on this map (movement, connections, ecosystems, etc). What was the motivation of the organization or person making the Have you ever seen a map similar to this one? What does the map show (physical characteristics, human patterns)? What is the bias or point of view of this What seems to be missing from the What is the significance of the date of the How does this map connect to other time periods and the time period under study? How could you use this map to understand the present? How does this map illustrate human, physical, economic, societal, cultural, and political conditions for the time when the map was made? What sources may have been used to make this Do you see any bias / perspective in this How does this map connect to other primary, secondary, or tertiary resources? About what does this map leave you curious?
Observe Reflect Question What is the title of this What was the most likely purpose for this Why is the map significant or important? How do you know? What is the date of this When was this map published? Are there other dates referenced on this Who is the author or cartographer of this Who produced this What area of the world does this map What kinds of symbols are on this What kinds of labels are on this What colors are on the Is there a legend on the What do you know about this time period? What do any other dates on this map Does this map illustrate or describe spatial patterns (movement, connections, etc.)? Describe the spatial patterns illustrated on this map (movement, connections, ecosystems, etc). What was the motivation of the organization or person making the Have you ever seen a map similar to this one? What does the map show (physical characteristics, human patterns)? What is the bias or point of view of this What seems to be missing from the What is the significance of the date of the How does this map connect to other time periods and the time period under study? How could you use this map to understand the present? How does this map illustrate human, physical, economic, societal, cultural, and political conditions for the time when the map was made? What sources may have been used to make this Do you see any bias / perspective in this How does this map connect to other primary, secondary, or tertiary resources? About what does this map leave you curious?