Tools for Analyzing Primary Sources and Close Reading

EDSITEment contains a variety of links to other websites and references to resources available through government, nonprofit, and commercial entities.

• History in the Raw (National Archives)
• Document Analysis Worksheets (National Archives)
• The Process of Historical Investigation (History Project, UC Davis)
• Using Primary Sources in the Classroom (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)

Close Reading Guides

• How to Do a Close Reading (Harvard University Library)
• Reading Critically (Harvard University Library)
• How To Read a Poem by Edward Hirsch
• Poetry: Close Reading (Purdue OWL)

Close Reading Webinars

• Teaching Through Close Reading: Historical and Informational Texts (National Humanities Center archived webinar)
• Teaching Through Close Reading: Poetry and Fiction (National Humanities Center archived webinar)