Gilder Lehrman Institute of American    History...is a database of thousands of documents that relate to American History. To ensure your success in this course and other AP level American History courses, you will be analyzing and interpreting documents from this site

 

1. get to this site:

http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/

 

2. click on the appropriate peirod of study

Period 1: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 2: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 3: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 4: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 5: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 6: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 7: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 8: choose any 5 documents to analyze

Period 9: analyze all 5 documents

 

3. Analyze the document (MUST BE HAND WRITTEN), if you need help follow the simple rules here:

 

AAPARTS-

A-Author: The main issuse is "point of view" and literally is the person(s) who produced the document. Identify any bias held by the author(s)

 

P-Place: Identify the bias held by people in the area, notating when and where the document was produced. Do not confuse this with setting of document.

 

P-Prior knowledge: This involves relevant issues and known facts related to the topic of document. It provides an excellent method to uncover facts using the document itself. Beyond the information about the author and the context of its creation, what you know that will help you further understand the primary source.

 

A-Audience: Identify whom the document is intended for and whether there is any bias directed at the targeted audience.

 

R-Reason: Examine the reason why the source produced the document and look for obvious content that supports the purpose and any hidden agenda, which might affect the reliability.

 

T-Thesis: The point or idea the source conveys.

 

S-Significance: This provides connectivity and helps deal with these questions: 1. Why study history? 2. Why study the document? 3. Why was (is) this document important?