Primary Source Essay

After reading the primary sources, write a 500-750 word paper addressing the following questions:
What is the author’s purpose and message? How does he/she communicate that? Does he/she use facts,
specific details, or emotionally charged words to get the message across?
What is the author’s argument? Are you, the reader, persuaded by his/her argument? Does he/she provide reliable information to persuade his/her audience?
What is the author’s background and does his/her background influence what he/she says or how he/she says it? Does it tell you about the actions and/or beliefs of the upper class or of ordinary people? Whose perspective is this primary source written from?
Which historical questions can be answered from this primary source? Which historical questions cannot be answered from this primary source?
Details: Organize your paper in the following way:
Introductory paragraph
Write a lead sentence that gains the reader's attention.
Introduce sub-arguments or sub-themes (such as the questions above)
Body of the paper
Discuss the sub-themes that you identified in the introductory paragraph, in separate paragraphs.
Write down line or page numbers of the source that you're going to use to support these sub-themes.
Conclusion
Restate your sub-themes.
Write any closing comments.
Instructions: For this assignment, you will be reading one newspaper article and viewing 3 photos of newspaper headlines for your analysis paper:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/evac16.html
http://seaportmedia.coastline.edu/Objects/255480/Japanese%20Internment%20SLO%20Tribune.jpg
http://seaportmedia.coastline.edu/Objects/255480/Japanese%20Internment%20Extra.gif
http://seaportmedia.coastline.edu/Objects/255480/Japanese%20Internment%20West%20Seattle%20Herald.jpg