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H - Historical Context

   ●Connect a document to specific historical events, to specific circumstances of a time and place, and/or to a broader regional, national, or global events.

   ●Connect across time to earlier or later events.

A - Audience

   ●Identify WHO the targeted person or group was for the document and HOW this might affect the reliability of the source.

   ●Go beyond what is listed on the source line.

   ●Example: Private Letter vs. Public Speech

P - Purpose

   ●What is the goal of the author/creator? What do they hope to accomplish through the document?

   ●Is it to inform, entertain, persuade, influence, teach, record, describe, regulate or another reason?

   ●The purpose for this document was ____ and it is shown through _______.

P - Point of View

   ●Go beyond the basic identity of the author and source by asking questions:

oWhat is the author’s profession?

oWhat is the author’s ethnicity?

oDoes the author have allegiance to a particular group?

oHow might these (or other) factors have influenced the author and/or content of the source?

  ●For POV Think- WHO and HOW

Y - Your Interpretation

  ●Explain WHY the source is important in relation to the question being asked.

OR

●Explain WHAT the source has to do with the question being asked.