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H.A.P.P.Y: DBQ and Document Analysis: 1. Historical Context

This document provides a framework for analyzing historical documents called H.A.P.P.Y. which stands for: 1. Historical Context - Connect the document to other events during the same time period. 2. Audience - Identify who the document was created for and how that may impact reliability. 3. Purpose - Determine the author's motivation and intended impact of creating the document. 4. Point of View - Consider how the author's identity and perspective shaped the content. 5. Importance - Explain the document's relevance and reliability by connecting it to other contexts.

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H.A.P.P.Y: DBQ and Document Analysis: 1. Historical Context

This document provides a framework for analyzing historical documents called H.A.P.P.Y. which stands for: 1. Historical Context - Connect the document to other events during the same time period. 2. Audience - Identify who the document was created for and how that may impact reliability. 3. Purpose - Determine the author's motivation and intended impact of creating the document. 4. Point of View - Consider how the author's identity and perspective shaped the content. 5. Importance - Explain the document's relevance and reliability by connecting it to other contexts.

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  • Purpose
  • Historical Context
  • Point of View
  • Why is it Important?
  • H.A.P.P.Y: DBQ and Document Analysis
  • Audience

H.A.P.P.

Y: DBQ and Document Analysis


Name ______________________
Period _____ Date ___________
1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT-​Connect the document to specific historical events using outside examples. What
else is going on during this SAME TIME PERIOD as the document you’re reading? What is the historical
setting? Explain the broader historical events immediately relevant to the topic of the document. (what, where,
when?)
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2. AUDIENCE​-All documents are created for a targeted audience. What audience is the person targeting and
WHY? For whom was this source created and how might this ​affect​ ​the reliability of the source​? Why did the
author even create this document? Which individual/group (people, nation, race, region) is the doc attempting
to inform/influence?
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3. PURPOSE-​Why did the author create the source? What was the author’s ​motive​ in creating the document?
What did the author hope to achieve by creating the document? What is the author’s: ​purpose, thesis, or
argument​? It is not necessarily what the author states on the surface, ​but what is truly intended​. Look beyond
the words to what the author hopes to achieve. Use your own words!!!
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4. POINT OF VIEW-​Who is the author? How did the author’s gender/race/economic status/age/nationality
impact their written perspective? Put yourself in the author’s shoes. What is unique about him/her and how
would that affect the document? How is he/she different from others and how does this change/affect the
document? Analyze the author’s mindset. ​“Why does he/she say what he/she says when he/she says it?”
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5. WH​Y​ is it important? How reliable is the source? – ​Explain relevant and insightful connections within
and across periods. ​ Connect the author’s argument and its significance to a different historical period, event,
place, or field of study.
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