What was happening in the world that serves as context for the document?

These essays should briefly introduce the document (who wrote it?
When? What was happening in the world that serves as context for the
document?), analyze the argument, and then explain why the document is
historically significant (what does it tell us about a particular
society or moment in history?)
The key here is to succinctly demonstrate an understanding of the
document and how it fits into the context of what we are reading in the
textbook.
Students will be graded based on the following criteria:
Quality of document summary. Does the summary succinctly capture the main points?
Quality of document contextualization. Does the student demonstrate
and understanding of how this document fits into larger historical
context?
Quality of argument analysis. How well does the student analyze the argument the writer makes?
Quality of historical significance. Does the student explain fully
why the document is historically significant and/or what it tells us
about a particular place and time in history?
Quality of writing. Grammar, spelling, clarity will be assessed. Poor
writing can make wonderful thoughts hard to decipher. Make sure you do
your thinking justice by editing.
Essays must be typed in Times New Roman 12 point font, be double
spaced, and utilize standard margins. No header information is required.

In class Reading
In class, we are currently reading about early European colonization starting with Spaniards in mesoamerica, leading up to to our current chapter, which is on the first few English settlemens, and the civil war that is going on within England during this time. We are looking at the differnt angles of culture, from the African perspective, native american perspective, and english perspective. The document the essay is on focus more from the African perspective with slavery.

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