CHICAGO FORMAT
Two primary sources related to environmental history are provided on Blackboard. Choose one of these as your focus for this assignment, and write a 3 – 4 page paper, addressing the following:
• What is the document?
• Who wrote it? What might this tell us about the perspective and biases of the author(s)?
• When was it written? How does the document reflect/what does it say about the time when it was
written or created?
• Where was it written?
• Why was it written? Who was the intended audience?
• Significance: overall, how does this document contribute to my understanding of this historical
period? How might it be significant in environmental history?
Two primary sources related to environmental history are provided on Blackboard. Choose one of these as your focus for this assignment, and write a 3 – 4 page paper, addressing the following:
• What is the document?
• Who wrote it? What might this tell us about the perspective and biases of the author(s)?
• When was it written? How does the document reflect/what does it say about the time when it was
written or created?
• Where was it written?
• Why was it written? Who was the intended audience?
• Significance: overall, how does this document contribute to my understanding of this historical
period? How might it be significant in environmental history?
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HI3003primarysourceassignment.pdf
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PlinytheYoungeronVesuvius.pdf