EXPERIENCE COLLEGE BEFORE COLLEGE

Unit 5 Lesson 3: Civil Rights Strategies

Document Analysis Sheet

NAME _________________________________

SOURCING AND CLOSE READING A SOURCE

When historians study a source, they ask specific questions about the author and setting
to determine the meaning of words, symbols, pictures, etc. within a context. These
critical analysis skills are known as sourcing and close reading. Using the Before Class
reading assignment, fill in the following table.

Please bring this completed document with you to class.

Title of article:
Author:

People involved Date of event(s)

Why was this item

created? Why is
this document
significant?
What were the goals of the Reverse Freedom Rides of 1962? List three.

How does this article inform your understanding of the modern civil rights movement? Include
an explanation about resistance to change and relationships of power.

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