 1.

Comprehensive reading
TEXT COMMENTARY
 2. Classification 1 point

 I) To determine the nature of the text:

 a) Historical juridical: legislative texts, laws , constitutions..
 b) Historical circumstantial: speeches, economical reports and proclamations
 c) Historical literary: personal view from any historical event, personal notes,
memories, press articles, original literary
 d) Historiographical : writings done by historians. Researching aim
 II) To localize the event in time and space (place)
 Historic moment and where
 III) Text source:
 Individual, pseudonym or done by groups( collective)
 IV) The recipient
 Indicate the person or institution which the writing is directed to.
 3. Analysis 0.5 point
 The main ideas, secondary ideas.....
 4. Historical commentary. 1point
 Before, during and after(consequences....)
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Primary Source of information

Classification ( was written in the historial

fact. The autor is from that
1. Determine the nature of the text time)

2. Localize the event in time and space Secondary Source of

information
3. Text Source
( written by historian. He is
4. The recipient (destinatario) writting about a historial fact)
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Primary Source of information
( was written in the historial
fact. The autor is from that
time)
Secondary Source of
information
( written by historian. He is
writting about a historial fact)
Historical Juridical text  Threates / Laws
international agreetments Constitutions
Historical circumstancial text speeches
(political/economic)
 contracts
 political programs
 economic report
Historical Literary personal notes
Memories
(personal view of Press article
Original literary
a historical event)
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Secondary Source of Historiographycal: Historiographical : writings done by

information historians. Researching aim

( written by historian. He is
writting about a historial fact)
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Classification

1. Determine the nature of the text

Localize the event of the text in
2. Localize the event in time and space time( When) and
space( Where)
3. Text Source

4. The recipient (destinatario)

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Classification

1. Determine the nature of the text

2. Localize the event in time and space

3. Text Source The author of the text It could be:

-Individual,
4. The recipient (destinatario) -Anonymous
-Pseudonym
-Collective( done by groups)
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Classification

1. Determine the nature of the text

2. Localize the event in time and space

3. Text Source

4. The recipient (destinatario) Indicate the person or institution which the

wrtiting is directed to”
(Who is receiving the message?)
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Analysis
In this short passage (short sentences
1. Topic
with the main idea of the text)
2. Main ideas (paragraphs)

3. Secondary ideas
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Analysis

1. Topic Idea 1 short explanation of the first

paragraph)
2. Main ideas (paragraphs)
Idea 2  short explanation of the
3. Secondary ideas second paragraph

Idea 3  short explanation of the

third paragraph
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Analysis
First secondary Idea of the first
1. Topic paragraph  short explanation of the
it.
2. Main ideas (paragraphs)
Second secondary Idea of the first
3. Secondary ideas paragraph.

Third secondary Idea of the first

paragraph.
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Historical commentary
Contextualization
• Chronological and spatial limits:
1. Introduction where and when

2. Development • Background/antecedents: causes

and circumstances the give rise to
3. Consequences the context (always mentioning the
text)
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Historical commentary
Contextualization

1. Introduction
• The historical facts: historical
2. Development
contents of the text.( You have to
take this information from the notes
3. Consequences
of your notebook and the text itself)
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Historical commentary Contextualization

( LONG QUESTION)
• Consequences: transcendence,
1. Introduction
what is resulting from the text and
its context.
2. Development
• What were the consequences of
3. Consequences
this historical event in History?