M01 Historical Hack: Analyzing Primary Sources

Optional Enrichment Activity - Complete this optional activity to learn how to create a HAPPY Analysis as a method for analyzing primary source documents (Historical context, Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and whY). You can also learn a modified version of the HAPPY analysis called OPRY (Observation, Ponder, Research, and whY) to analyze images as primary sources.

Suggested Activities:

• Complete the blue activity box on this page Links to an external site. then analyze a primary source using the HAPPY method (Historical context, Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and whY).
• Work through the blue boxes titled “Your Turn to Observe“ and “Your Turn to Ponder” on this page Links to an external site.. This activity allows you to select your own image.
• After working through the “Your Turn to Observe” and “Your Turn to Ponder” activities, complete the blue box on this page titled “Activity” Links to an external site.. This open-ended activity will allow you to create a detailed caption for the chosen image and discuss what the image reveals about the historical event or time period, and why it is significant.