Question:
Use the following list as a guide any time you read/analyze a primary source.These are the kinds of questions that will keep you focused on the basics. We will move to
more advanced questions later.
2. Who is the author
3. When did the author live
4. Where did the author live while they wrote this work
5. What role did the author play in his/her society How might this have influenced his/her work
6. What was going on in the author’s own lifetime (or the period in which the work was written if the author is unknown) that might have influenced his/her work