Analyzing Documents

1.  As a colonist in Jamestown in 1610 write a letter to a
friend in England telling him/her to either move to
Jamestown or not to.
 Use examples of life in Jamestown to convince your
friend to come or not to come.

2.  Strategies we will be analyzing primary sources
 APPARTS:
 Author
 Place and time
 Prior knowledge
 Audience
 Reason
 Asking Questions, Drawing Inferences (AQDT)

3.  For each NEW primary document you will be expected
to write an analysis paragraph.
 APPARTS
 Asking Questions, Drawing Inferences (AQDT)

4.  Practice using both APPARTS and AQDT

5.  Which strategy did you like the best?
 Were the strategies helpful to understand the reading?