Primary Source Analysis Assignment - 10% of overall Read and analyze The Lowell Mill Girls Go on Strike, 1836 find at  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5714 . In paragraph form, address each of the parts below in your analysis. The assignment must be turned in as a Word attachment to the Dropbox on our course webpage before  noon (12pm) Friday, May 4, 2015 . Also paste the assignment in the text box to be safe. (2 pages in length – double-spaced) 1.)  Basics:  Identify the basic features of the document. (ie…What is the title of the document? What kind of document is it? Who is the intended audience? When was the document produced? Who produced the document?) 2.)  Contextualize:  What events/developments were swirling around the author at the time the document was produced? 3.)  Purpose:  What are the major points made in the document? What is the author’s purpose in creating the document? Tip – Be sure to integrate direct quotes from the document into your analysis. 4.)  Historical Significance:  What does the document say about the specific historical moment in which it was produced? (ie…what does it say about the beliefs, attitudes, material realities and social relations at the time it was produced?). Does the document illuminate a historical shift? .

1. Primary Source Analysis Assignment - 10% of overall
Read and analyze
The Lowell Mill Girls Go on Strike, 1836 find at
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5714
.
In paragraph form, address each of the parts below in your
analysis. The assignment must be turned in as a Word
attachment to the Dropbox on our course webpage before
noon (12pm) Friday, May 4, 2015
. Also paste the assignment in the text box to be safe.
(2 pages in length – double-spaced)
1.)
Basics:
Identify the basic features of the document. (ie…What is the
title of the document? What kind of document is it? Who is the
intended audience? When was the document produced? Who
produced the document?)
2.)
Contextualize:
What events/developments were swirling around the author at
the time the document was produced?
3.)
Purpose:
What are the major points made in the document? What is the
author’s purpose in creating the document? Tip – Be sure to
integrate direct quotes from the document into your analysis.
4.)
Historical Significance:
What does the document say about the specific historical
moment in which it was produced? (ie…what does it say about
the beliefs, attitudes, material realities and social relations at

2. the time it was produced?). Does the document illuminate a
historical shift?