Humanities Homework Help

1. Primary Source Assignment on Text of Treaty 7, 1877.

2. I will be posting the question that needs to be answered based on the document and the topic.

3. Question needs to be answered in the point form.

4. I will be posting the document related to the Text of Treaty 7, 1877, will help in answering the questions.

So these are the questions that need to be answered for the primary source assignment

THE DETAILS

1. ITEM ARCHIVAL IDENTIFICATION

(digital collection and/or fonds, accession, box,

and file #s and title or description):

2.

TYPE OF THE DOCUMENT

3.DATE(S) OF THE DOCUMENT:

4.AUTHOR (OR CREATOR) OF THE DOCUMENT and POSITION (TITLE):

5.FOR WHOM OR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN?

CONTEXT:

6.What was happening at the time this document was produced that is relevant to

understanding the document?

II. MAKING SENSE OF THE DOCUMENT

1. Briefly summarize what the document is about.

2. Why did the author write this document? What was the occasion for its creation?

3. What is the perspective or role of the author? How might this affect the content of the source?

4. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? Quote from the

document as needed.

5. What is the author’s thesis or main argument?

6. What circumstances or events is the document responding to?

8. What about the silences? Is there anything the author does not talk about that you feel they

should have addressed?

III. EVALUATION AND USE

1. Is there anything about the source that surprised you?

2. What does this source tell you about the historical topic it is addressing?

3. Does the source appear to confirm or disconfirm your prior knowledge of the topic? Why or why not?

4. What questions does the source raise?

5. Does this source provide evidence that supports or refutes arguments you have encountered in the course readings?

6. Negative evidence. Is there any missing evidence, or evidence you expected to find in the

source but did not? Why do you think that is?

IV. RELEVANCE

1. How/why is this source important to understanding Indigenous history in Canada?