Document Analysis
Below are various documents that will help guide you in answering the question: Does Lincoln deserve to be considered the "Great Emancipator"? Click on the documents below to access each primary source. Each page contains the primary source in its entirety as well as a version of the sources with key excerpts. Take a look at the other resources available to you on each page such as audio clips, video clips, close reading essays and much more. These tools are here to guide you in your research.
A Brief Historiography of Lincoln as the "Great Emancipator"
What Makes for a Strong Close Reading?
TextClose readings should never turn into a litany of quotations. Instead aim to summarize the author's message in a compelling and insightful manner. You should highlight key words and use short quotations in order to support your
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ContextAs historians you must provide the reader with relevant historical context. Close readings must answer the questions of: who, what, when, where and why. The "so what" question or the significance must also be addressed. You should answer all of these questions throughout
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SubtextUltimately, what makes for a strong analysis is insight into the subtext or hidden meaning of the text itself. Remember you should always act like a detective when researching these documents. Look for the hidden meaning and provide your audience with powerful insight and even a new perspective to the document itself.
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