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In observance of the Federal holiday on Monday, February 16, the Jefferson Building Great Hall and exhibitions will be open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. to guests with timed-entry passes. Reading rooms will be closed to researchers.

Program Teachers

Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool

Primary Source Analysis Tool for Students

Students can use this simple tool to examine and analyze any kind of primary source and record their responses.

Observe, Question, Reflect

Primary Source Analysis Tool (56 KB)

Students can download and fill in this PDF, then save, print, e-mail, or upload it.

Or, they can print it and fill it in by hand.

Teacher's Guides

Teachers can select prompting questions from a Teacher’s Guide as needed to support students through an analysis process of observing, reflecting, questioning and investigating further.