Part 2: Completing a Document-Analysis Graphic Organizer Your second step is to complete a document-analysis graphic organizer.
Read the documents given in the appendix. Then complete the graphic organizer by filling in the following information for each document:
Intended audience
Historical situation
Point of view
As you analyze the documents, look for patterns, evidence, and supporting details you can use to write a historically defensible thesis statement. Remember, you must use three out of the four documents to support your thesis statement.
Ask yourself the following questions as you read the documents:
Why did the author write this document?
What is the author’s point of view? Do any of the other documents have a similar or different point of view?
Who is the intended audience of each document?
What is the historical situation of each document?
How does the document’s time of writing affect the point of view, or what is being said?
What is the historical context of how the Mongol Empire’s expansion influenced culture?