Historical Context of a Document What is happening

Analyzing Perspective of a Character Issues Personal Perspective or Character's Perspective Reason/Logic Different Perspective

Character Map (Literary Element) Example Quality Example Character’s Name Example 1. Write character’s name

Historical Situation of an historical subject Time Period: Event or person being analyzed/discussed: Aspect

Historical Context of a document – ask the following to understand the document you

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§ Historical Context of a Document What is happening in the world, country, area where this document emerged from and how will it help us understand the document better? Two Types of Historical Context 2. Historical Situation of an event What is the larger regional, national, or global situation that this is leading to the event or surrounding/impacting this event or person?

Analyzing Perspective of a Character Issues Personal Perspective or Character's Perspective Reason/Logic Different Perspective Reasons/Logic Conclusion/Awareness

Character Map (Literary Element) Example Quality Example Character’s Name Example 1. Write character’s name in central square. 2. In the rectangles, list adjectives or qualities that describe that character. Quality Example

Historical Situation of an historical subject Time Period: Event or person being analyzed/discussed: Aspect of life during this time period Influence on the Subject (event or person)

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