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Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements

By Kathryn Walbert

4 Analyze the source

Once we’ve read and understood the source itself, we can ask more interesting questions about its time, place, and creator.

4.1How does the creator of the source convey information and make his or her point?
4.2How is the world descibed in the source different from my world?
4.3How might others at the time have reacted to this source?

Contents

Thinking About Thinking: Reading Primary Sources
Reading Primary Sources: An Introduction for Students
Reading Newspapers: Advertisements

Identify the source
Contextualize the source
Explore the source
Analyze the source
Evaluate the source

Appendix A. Transcribed Carolina Watchman Ads, January 7, 1837
Appendix B. Carolina Watchman Ads, January 7, 1837
Bibliography

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