Directions: The following documents have been edited for this exercise. In your response you should

Directions: The following documents have been edited for this exercise. In your response you should do the

following:

•Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes and maintains a line of

reasoning.

•Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.

•Use at least one additional piece of specific historical evidence (beyond that found in the documents)

relevant to an argument about the prompt. EBD

•For at least three documents, explain how or why the document’s point of view, purpose, historical situation,

and/or audience is relevant to an argument. AR.

•Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least six documents. E2.

•Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt. E1.