Primary Resource Analyzes

Primary Resource Analyzes Order Description briefly summarize and analyze ONE primary resource that you believe will play a critical role in your paper. In your narrative examing this document you include answers to the following questions (though not necessarily in this order): 1) when was the document created? 2) who is the author of the document? 3) what is the document about? Offer a brief summary. 4) for what audience was the document written? how does the author try to convince his or her readers of something? 5) what evidence in the document helps you to know why it was written? 6) what specific clues does the document provide about broader themes or events? 7) does the document relate to themes from your readings or from lecture? does the source confirm, complicate, or refine secondary readings or materials? 8) consider the broader historical context of this document. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIMS WITH EVIDENCE IN THE DOCUMENT, CITE SPECIFIC WORDS OR PHRASES TO DEMONSTRATE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR ARGUMENT. As for the primary source analysis, start with the basics. Who were the Tradescants? What did they collect? Why did they collect? What is the document about? Why was it written? Who is the intended audience? What is the broader historical context in which the document was produced? Keep yourself focused on this primary source and why it was written.