Complete the online quizzes on wwnorton's site and have your scores e-mailed to lgardner@clevelandcountyschools.org

Students, please bookmark the following link: http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/history/america7/
This site provides FREE Access to A Narrative History 7th Edition Web companion - this site will be of great use to you this year!

 Among its features:

• On-line, self-grading, multiple-choice quizzes for each chapter that help you prepare for exams
• Interactive maps with drag-and-drop exercises
• Numerous primary-source readings with head notes and summary questions for each document
• 12 interactive research modules that teach students the historian's "craft"
• Topical and thematic links for each chapter that provide more information on key topics and themes
• Electronic media that include all the maps and many of the images in the book, along with film clips and audio files of speeches and music

Note: Your browser security settings must be set to allow cookies to view the documents and other important resources on this page.

Book Review

1. What is the document?
2. Who is the speaker or author?
3. Who is the speaker or author's intended audience?
4. What are the names of important people mentioned? What are their positions? Why are they important?
5. What are the names of places mentioned in the document? What are they? Why are they important?
6. What are the speaker or author's main points?
7. What are difficult words in the document? What are appropriate definitions for them?
8. Describe the historical context and/or setting in which the piece was written.
   - What is the larger picture for the document?  What's going on at this time that you would need to know in order to understand this document?

AP PARTS

Author
Who created the source? What do you know about the author? What is the author's point of view?

Place and Time
Where and when was the source produced? How might this affect the meaning of the source?

Prior Knowledge
Beyond the information about the author and the context of its creation, what do you know that would help you further understand the primary source? For example, if looking at a visual document, do you recognize any symbols and recall what they represent?

Audience
For whom was this source created and how might this affect its reliability?

Reason
Why was this source produced and how might this affect the reliability of the source?

The Main Idea
What point is the source trying to convey?

Significance
Why is this source important? Ask yourself, "So what?" in relation to the question you are answering.