1. TYPE OF DOCUMENT

     2. What background information helps you understand the document?
 
 
 
 

     3. DATE(S) OF DOCUMENT: _________________________________________

     4. AUTHOR (OR CREATOR) OF THE DOCUMENT: _______________________

          POSITION (TITLE): _____________________________________________

     5. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN? ______________
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     6. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer A-E.)

     A. List three things the author said that you think are important:

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        2.______________________________________________________________
        3.______________________________________________________________

     B. Why do you think this document was written?
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     ___________________________________________________________________

     C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the document.
     ___________________________________________________________________
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     D. List two things the document tells you about life in the at the time it was written:
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     E. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document:
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     F.  Do you think that the author had a particular bias?
     What evidence in the document indicates his bias?