APPARTS (S&HS p. 19, political cartoons, photos, documents, graphs & charts, maps, etc.)

Author

Place and Time

Prior Knowledge

Audience

Reason

Thesis or The Main Idea

Significance

Analyzing Primary Sources using AP strategiesPolitical Cartoons

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/ig/John-McCain-Cartoons/

S&HS p. 17 - 21

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/ig/John-McCain-Cartoons/

Analyzing Primary Sources using AP strategiesPolitical Cartoons

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/ig/John-McCain-Cartoons/

S&HS p. 17 - 21

SOAPSTone(S&HS p. 19, lower level, introductory levels.. Propaganda, docs with a persuasive paradigm.)

Speaker

Occasion

Audience

Purpose Why?

Subject

Tone Feelings and emotions elicited by the source

Analyzing Primary Sources using AP strategies/S&HS p. 17 - 21

TPCASTT (S&HS p. 15, Poems!)

Title (Ponder before reading)

Paraphrase (translate poem in your own words)

Connotation (= meaning beyond the literal)

Attitude (observe speaker’s and poet’s … tone)

Shifts (Note them in speakers and attitude)

Title (examine again… this time on an interpretive level)

Theme (What is the poet saying?)

Analyzing Primary Sources using AP strategiesS&HS p. 17 - 21

SMELL (S&HS p. 20 - 21, Advertising, persuasive/argumentative speeches & essays…e.g. political speeches

Sender-receiver relationship (Beyond the literal)

D of I…Literal = American colonies to BritainNext level of abstraction = colony to mother colonyHigh Analysis = oppressed people to its perceived oppressor (true understanding of purpose of document)

Message (Literal summary of content)

Effect (What emotional strategies used by author?)

Logic (What’s rationale used by author?)

D of I concept is based on:Inalienable rights

LanguageOften overlooked, but sometimes crucial. (Ex.: Travis’ letter from the Alamo) Why does a person facing death & who’s asking for reinforcements write such a formal letter?