Exercises

There are two exercises in this section. They are good opportunities to practice your historical thinking skills based on what you learned in the previous section and exchange your ideas with your classmates. After you finish the two exercises, you will discuss them with the group you are assigned to and work with your groupmates. Each group will select a person to write down the analysis of the group supported by the evidence. The whole class will meet online to discuss these two exercises. 

When you analyze a primary source, please consider: 

  • the author's point of view
  • the author's purpose
  • historical context
  • audience
  • explain how a source tells its story and/or makes its argument
  • explain the relationships between sources
  • compare and contrast sources in terms of point of view and method
  • support conclusions and interpretations with evidence
Exercises