HISTORY ASSIGNMENT- FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
These are the instructions and please follow and read the passage. Due today in 6 hours!
THE PASSAGE IS CALLED "TWO VIEWS"- ONCE AGAIN PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ASSIGNMENTS NEEDS TO BE 2 PAGES, AND CORRECT GRAMMAR!!!
In the introduction, introduce the reads and tell a briefly about the importance to the history of this region. Please lay out the Thesis.
This is a statement you can prove on the basis of the evidence you've gathered before.
• Tell all about the primary source!!
• Who wrote it? What is it about?
• What insights does this document provide into the history of this region at this time?
Contextualization (historical context):
Here is where you'll place the documents in time and place to understand how those factors shaped its content.
• When and where your documents created?
• What was going on at the time these documents were written?
• What was different then?What was the same?
• How might the circumstances in which your document was created affect its content?
Placing your documents into historical context is absolutely essential to this essay
Explain that document in the context in which it was written and in which those events unfolded
(NOT in terms of present days norms and values beware of applying today's norms and values to what happened 500 years ago).
• How does this document fit into the larger historical narrative that we've been looking at?
• What was going on at the time these documents were written?
Evaluating your Primary Sources Now comes your analysis of the documents, where you will assess the strengths and weaknesses of each of your primary sources
• Are all historical sources equally trustworthy?
• How might the reliability of a historical document be affected by the circumstances under which it was created?
• Are they reliable sources?
• Can you identify any biases?
• If we want as complete and accurate a picture of history as possible, does this type of document give us the full picture? If not, what other kind of sources do we need to consult to get that full picture?
There is no such thing as a perfect primary source that can capture all aspects of a historical moment.
What can we learn about this historical topic based on these sources?
In what ways do these documents contribute to our understanding of the history of the region your documents deal with?