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H.I.P.P.O. Documents

Document Title & Author:

What was going

on when the
author wrote this
document? How
does this help you
Historical
H better understand
Context the document?

Identify the
person or the
group the author
expects to inform
or influence. How
Intended
I does this impact
Audience the author’s
message?

Who is the
author? How did
the author’s
background (race,
gender,
P Point of socioeconomic
View class) impact their
written
perspective?

Why did the

author create the
source? How does
that affect the
P Purpose content of the
document?

What specific
historical
information
outside of the
document can
O Outside you connect to
Information the document?
How does it
better help you
understand this
document?