Document Based Questioning Using Primary Sources

2. Resources for Analyzing Documents

The National Archives and Records Administration has created resource to analyzing historical documents. These are general tools that can be modified to align with primary sources related to health education:

Document Analysis | National Archives

Worksheets for Novice or Younger Students, or Those Learning English

Other questions to consider:

Knowledge, behavior, skill:

1. What assumptions do you have about this problem?

2. Can you explain why this is a problem?

3. Do you see a pattern?

4. What else would you like to know?

5. What is the relationship between ____ and ____?

6. What evidence of this problem have you seen recently? 

7. How does this relate to ____?

8. How can we use the information that we have analyzed?

9. How can we, as health students, advocate for change within marketing to youth?