A.R.T.I.S.T.

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A.R.T.I.S.T. is a method of primary source analysis that allows students to process information in a written or visual source of a historic nature. After a brief introduction to the method teachers can assign students to analyze a source either individually or in small groups. After student have applied the method ask the mto draw conclusions from the document or source. Ask leading questions to get your students to fully process the document and its place in history.
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 * Author - Who is the author of the document?
 * Reason - What is the reason or purpose of the communication?
 * To whom - Who was the audience? Why is this so important?
 * Immediate Effect - What were the immediate consequences of the production of the document?
 * Subsequent Effect - What was the subsequent impact of the source under consideration? Did it have significant reverberations or only slight ones?
 * TIme Period - When was the document produced?