If you are an educator, the following online materials can assist you in guiding students as they analyze primary source documents and incorporate them into their research.
Suggestions and guidelines for teachers on incorporating primary sources into teaching, including tools for teachers and primary document analysis tool.
site includes reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections, and primary document analysis worksheets for analyzing different types of resources.