Overview
Write a short 2-3 page page on a close reading of a primary document that you will use in your final project.
You may use a primary document from the syllabus that is posted on canvas, or a document you have found that is pertinent to your research. Remember, this document should be used to prove your thesis in your final project.
Guidelines.
Begin your paper by identifying the primary source you are using and explain what type of source it is: example a petition to the Sultan, A letter to from a merchant, an excerpt from a memoir… etc, and place it in historical context.
- If possible, Identify the writer.
- Give a short summary of what the document is about, or what the purpose of the document is.
- Do a close reading of the document, taking into consideration whenever possible, bias, tone, voice, audience, author, and give your analysis.
- Include your analysis. Analysis is a very important part of your paper.
- Write your conclusory paragraph.
The paper does not necessarily have to be in the above order but needs to include all points.
Be sure to refer to the text in your analysis, and back up any claims you make.
The paper needs to be 2-3 pages long, and double spaced.
The primary source to use: https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof01russ/page/n7/mode/2up
include this in bibliography Citation for the source: Russell, Alexander, and Patrick Russell. The Natural History of Aleppo Containing a Description of the City, and the Principal Natural Productions in Its Neighbourhood: Together with an Account of the Climate, Inhabitants, and Diseases, Particularly of the Plague (London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794). (The complete text is online on the UCLA library website.)