SOAPTONE

SOAP the Document:  Making Primary Source Documents
Come Clean!

Source

Who wrote the document?

What is the author’s background/point of view?

Whose point of view, given the topic, is
missing?

Do you consider the source a reliable one on this topic?  Why/why not?

Occasion

When was the document written?

What does the date of the document tell you about its content?

What other historical events were going on during this time?

Audience

To whom is the author writing?

What type of document is this (diary entry, personal letter, public speech,
etc.)?

Does the private/public nature of the document inform you about its content
(is the author sharing private thoughts, making a public pronouncement,
etc.)?

Purpose
Why was the document written?  What is the purpose of the document?

What is the document saying?

Tone

What is the attitude of the speaker?

Period 4 Review

Interaction Between Humans and the Environment:  Explain the effects of disease on the demographics of the Americas after European contact.

Development and Interaction of Cultures:  Compare the development of arts and literature during the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan and the reign of Mughal emperors in India.

Development and Interaction of Cultures: Explain how enslaved Africans preserved aspects of their culture in the Americas.

State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict: Explain the reasons why England developed parliamentary rule while France became more absolutists during the period 1450 to 1750.

Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems: Analyze the similarities and differences between the coerced labor systems in the Americas and serfdom in Russia between 1450 to 1750.

Development and Transformation of Social Structures: Compare the social classes in Russia with those of the Ottoman Empire during the period 1450 - 1750. 

Tuesday

Learning Goal: Students will be able to analyze and evaluate global interactions (networks of communication and exchange, modes of production, and imperial expansion) from 1450 – 1750.

 

Today - we will be review your multiple choice homework, and reviewing a section on Japan.  

Homework tonight will be more multiple choice questions.  Test will be on Thursday.   

 

Make sure you have turned in your essays.  

Monday

So - we are going to continue to read and review Unit 4 for the upcoming Test (this test will be on Thursday). 

Today we will be looking at RUSSIA (think about the serfs).  As we read might sure you talk notes so that you can answer the thematic questions.