Cuyamaca Community College Education System of America and Indian Essay

Primary Source Analysis #1

Using chapters 16 & 17 from the American Yawp Reader (Links to an external site.) (Primary Source Reader), select one primary source to analyze. You will write a 2-3 paragraph analysis of the primary source answering the following questions:

• Content: What is the document about?
• Citation: When was this document created and by who?
• Context: What was going on in the world and/or the region when this document was written? What major economic, social, political trends might this document be directly or indirectly responding to?
• Connections: Does this document reflect, support, and/or challenge what we are learning in class?
• Communication: Does this document have an identifiable point of view or bias? Is this document reliable?
• Conclusions: How does this source contribute to our understanding of history? What is the main idea and what does it tell us about the moment in time in which it was written?