The Story Is Called "How The Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis Reading like a Historian Guiding Questions Who wrote this? What type of document is this? The author’s purpose in writing this was what? I think the sort of people who read this would be? I do or don’t trust this document because… I already knew that at this time…. From this document I would guess that people at this time…. This document might not give me the whole picture because…. The author is trying to convince the readers that…. The author tries to convince the readers buy using these words…