The 5W’s and H

Below are questions that a historian might use to analyze a source of information. Please note that not every question will be used for every source.

Who?

Who made it? Who used it? Who is in the picture? Whose opinion does it show?

What?

What is it? What is it for? What does it say? What is it used for? What does it show?

Where?

Where is it? Where was it? Where was it made? Where was it used?

When?

When was it made? When was it used? When does it show?

Why?

Why was it made? Why has it survived?

How?

How was it made? How was it used? How has it survived?