Read the section entitled “Scholars in Action: Analyzing a Colonal Newspaper” at the following website (http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/newspaper.htm ) to learn important tips from historian Barbara Clark Smith on how to analyze a paper from the Revolutionary period.
Assignment: after checking out the website, take the same five questions asked of you and apply them to a newspaper article you found in our Early American Newspaper Database (electronic databases) collection. This article should be long enough that it allows you to thoroughly answer the questions asked, and should come from the time period of the course (1760-1800). YOU MUST INCLUDE a printout of the newspaper article, stapling it to your printed assignment.
1) What interests you about this newspaper article?
2)What do you notice when you read this article closely?
3)What questions aren't answered by the document?
4)What advice would you give to someone reading this for the first time?
5)What would you do to understand the context for an article like this?
Due Date: September 8th, 2010