This is the link for the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOsCmShUlk&feature=emb_title
INSTRUCTIONS
Basic Identification
- What type of source is it? (Newspaper article, map, letter, film, interview etc.)
- When was it created?
- Where was it created?
- Who created it?
Author’s Intent – Answering the “Why?” Question - What is the author’s place in society? (Profession, status, class, gender, ethnicity, etc.)
- How might the factors listed in the question above shape the author’s perspective in this source?
- Why do you think the author created this source?
- Does the author have an argument? If so, what is it?
- Who is the intended audience for this source?
- How might the intended audience shape the perspective of this source?
Historical Context - Under what specific historical circumstances was this source created?
- What larger historical events, processes, or structures might have influenced this text?
- Is this source consistent with what you know about the historical record from that time?
Content of the Source - What historical facts do you learn from this source?
- What biases or other cultural factors might have shaped the message of this source?
- How do the ideas and values in the source differ from the ideas and values of our time?
- What historical perspectives are left out of this source?
- What questions are left unanswered by this source?
Relevance of the Source - What research question are you using this source to answer?
- How might this source confirm or contradict issues raised in other primary sources?
- How might this source confirm or contradict issues raised in secondary sources?
- Does this source represent any patterns with other primary sources?
- What does this source tell you about the history of Pan-Africanism, WWII, American-Ethiopian Relationships…?