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Primary Sources: Analyzing Text Documents. “Wax On; Wax off”. Document #1 (A Memoir). (You). Document #1 (A Memoir). You and I, in a little toy shop, buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got. Set them free at the break of dawn, ‘til one by one they were gone.
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Document #1 (A Memoir) (You)
Document #1 (A Memoir) You and I, in a little toy shop, buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got. Set them free at the break of dawn, ‘til one by one they were gone. Back at base, bugs in the software flash the message: “Something’s Out There!” Floating in the summer sky, 99 red balloons go by...
Document #1 (A Memoir) 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky. Panic bells, it's red alert, there’s something here from somewhere else! The war machine, it springs to life – opens up one eager eye, focusing it on the sky As 99 red balloons go by…
Document #1 (A Memoir) 99 Decision Street, 99 ministers meet to worry, worry, super scurry - Call out the troops now, in a hurry! This is what we've waited for - This is it boys; this is war! The President is on the line as 99 red balloons go by…
Document #1 (A Memoir) 99 Kriegsminister, Streichholz und Benzinkanister. HieltensichfuerschlaueLeute, WittertenschonfetteBeute. Riefen Krieg und wolltenMacht Mann werhaette das gedacht - Dasseseinmalsoweitkommt Wegen 99 Luftballoons…
Document #1 (A Memoir) 99 dreams I have had, in every one a red balloon. It's all over, and I'm standing pretty in the dust that was a city. If I could find a souvenir, just to prove the world was here… And here it is - a red balloon. I think of you and let it go.
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Document #1 (A Memoir) You and I, in a little toy shop, buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got. Set them free at the break of dawn, ‘til one by one they were gone. Back at base, bugs in the software flash the message: “Something’s Out There!” Floating in the summer sky, 99 red balloons go by... 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky. Panic bells, it's red alert, there’s something here from somewhere else! The war machine, it springs to life – opens up one eager eye, focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by… 99 Decision Street, 99 ministers meet to worry, worry, super scurry - Call out the troops now, in a hurry! This is what we've waited for - This is it boys; this is war! The President is on the line as 99 red balloons go by… 99 Kriegsminister, Streichholz und Benzinkanister. Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute, Witterten schon fette Beute. Riefen Krieg und wollten Macht Mann wer haette das gedacht - Dass es einmal soweit kommt Wegen 99 Luftballoons… 99 dreams I have had, in every one a red balloon. It's all over, and I'm standing pretty in the dust that was a city. If I could find a souvenir, just to prove the world was here… And here it is - a red balloon. I think of you and let it go.
APARTY Author:Who wrote / created this document? How do you know? What do you know about this person or organization? What is this author’s point of view? How could what you know affect how you process this document? Place & Time:Where and when was this produced? How do you know? Why does this matter? How might this affect your analysis of the document? Audience:For whom was this document created? How do you know? How might this affect your analysis of the document? Reason:Why was this document created? What did the author hope would happen as a result? What did they want? The Main Idea:If you were to reduce this document to a short simple sentence or two, what would it say? Note: this is not the same as explaining what this document is about. What is it saying? Yeah: So What?Why is this source important? What is there to be learned from analyzing it? To put it another way, why did your teacher have you read or examine this?
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Document #1 (narrative) (You)
Document #2re: your brains Heya, Tom—it’s Bob from the office down the hall.Good to see you, buddy. How’ve you been?Things have been OK for me… Except that I’m a zombie now.I really wish you’d let us in. I think I speak for all of us when I say I understandWhy you folks might hesitate to submit to our demands. But here’s an FYI: you’re all gonna die screaming…
Document #2re: your brains All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re not unreasonable; I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes. All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re at an impasse here; Maybe we should compromise: If you open up the doors,We’ll all come inside and eat your brains.
Document #2re: your brains I don’t want to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan? To spend your whole life locked inside a mall?Maybe that’s OK for now, but someday you’ll be out of food and guns—And then you’ll have to make the call. I’m not surprised to see you haven’t thought it through enough.You never had the head for all that “bigger picture” stuff. But, Tom, that’s what I do, And I plan on eating you slowly…
Document #2re: your brains All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re not unreasonable; I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes. All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re at an impasse here; Maybe we should compromise: If you open up the doors,We’ll all come inside and eat your brains.
Document #2re: your brains I’d like to help you, Tom, in any way I can.I sure appreciate the way you’re working with me!I’m not a monster, Tom... well, technically, I am.I guess I am…
Document #2re: your brains I’ve got another meeting, Tom— Maybe we could wrap it up.I know we’ll get to common ground somehow.Meanwhile I’ll report back to my colleagues who are chewing on the doors; I guess we’ll table this for now. I’m glad to see you take constructive criticism well.Thank you for your time; I know we’re all busy as hell. And we’ll put this thing to bed when I bash your head open…
Document #2re: your brains All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re not unreasonable; I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes. All we want to do is eat your brains.We’re at an impasse here; Maybe we should compromise: If you open up the doors,We’ll all come inside and eat your brains.
Compare & Contrast using APARTY Author:Who wrote / created this document? How do you know? What do you know about this person or organization? What is this author’s point of view? How could what you know affect how you process this document? Place & Time:Where and when was this produced? How do you know? Why does this matter? How might this affect your analysis of the document? Audience:For whom was this document created? How do you know? How might this affect your analysis of the document? Reason:Why was this document created? What did the author hope would happen as a result? What did they want? The Main Idea:If you were to reduce this document to a short simple sentence or two, what would it say? Note: this is not the same as explaining what this document is about. What is it saying? Yeah: So What?Why is this source important? What is there to be learned from analyzing it? To put it another way, why did your teacher have you read or examine this?
The Federalist Papers Federalists #10 & #51